East of Eden Ishiguro Kazuo about a musical prodigy who

about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist

and everything changes again

resonating symbolic power

someone with no criminal record could earn a very generous fee for doing a couple of simple murders

East of Eden Ishiguro Kazuo about a musical prodigy whoA masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of Americas most enduring authors. In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesthe Trasks and the Hamiltonswhose generations helplessly reenact