East of Eden: Book vs. Series
Zoe Kazan's 2026 series East of Eden adapts John Steinbeck's book. Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist lead the story of the Trask family, following rivalries and choices across generations.
About the book and the series
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Year
- 1952
- Pages
- 640Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 25 hr 23 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Richard Poe
Adam Trask settles in California's Salinas Valley hoping to build a new life, but his marriage and the birth of twin sons leave him facing betrayals he cannot understand. His family's story intersects with that of the neighboring Hamiltons as rivalries pass from one generation to the next. The struggle for a father's love becomes inseparable from questions of guilt, inheritance and choice.
- Creator
- Zoe Kazan
- Year
- 2026
- Episodes
- 7
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee
- Genre
- Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Cathy Ames enters the lives of brothers Adam and Charles Trask with ambitions neither man fully understands. Adam's hopes for a family and a new beginning in California unfold alongside resentments carried from his own childhood. Across generations, the Trasks struggle to separate the lives they want from the loyalties, wounds and expectations handed down to them.
Other adaptations of this book
East of EdenMovie · 1955Details
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Writer
- Paul Osborn
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 1 hr 55 min
- Cast
- Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives
Cal Trask cannot understand why his father finds so much to admire in his brother Aron and so little in him. In California on the eve of America's entry into World War I, Cal searches for a way to prove his worth. A discovery about their absent mother and his growing closeness to Aron's girlfriend make that effort more complicated.
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