For Allison Epstein, author of the recently published “Fagin the Thief,” Fagin was the first Jewish character she encountered ...

Then comes the story of Nyuha (Noah), who is advised by Vishnu to build a boat (of exact Biblical specifications) in seven days to survive a flood, which will mark the onset of Kaliyuga. Besides his ...

Emmerdale's Celia has competition and new arrival in the village - but Paddy Kirk is left fighting for his life after a visit to her farm, while Abi Webster is struggling in Coronation Street ...

These 2025 high school graduates can look back with pride and forward with confidence, as we salute them in our annual ...

East of Eden Is a Subversive Cain and Abel Tale Sympathy for Bad Roots The biblical story of Cain and Abel has inspired many stories, but few inspire the audiences to regard Cain with a ...

The third murder Klavan considers is the first one chronologically: Cain’s killing of Abel. He briefly mentions John Steinbeck’s remarkable novel East of Eden, which probes the significance of ...

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4. East of Eden by John Steinbeck A sweeping epic about love, betrayal, and destiny, East of Eden retells the biblical story of Cain and Abel through two families in California’s Salinas Valley.

As Penguin Classics writes, "Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the ...