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Eden in the East

The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia

By Stephen Oppenheimer

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| Hardcover | 9780297818168

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A book that completetly changes the established and conventional view of prehistory by relocating the Lost Eden - the world's 1st civilisation - to SouthEast Asia. At the end of the Ice Age, SouthEast AsiContinue

A book that completetly changes the established and conventional view of prehistory by relocating the Lost Eden - the world's 1st civilisation - to SouthEast Asia. At the end of the Ice Age, SouthEast Asia formed a continent twice the size of India, which included Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo. The South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Java sea, which were all dry, formed the connecting parts of the continent. Geologically, this half sunken continent is the Shunda shelf or Sundaland. In the Eden in the East Stephen Oppenheimer puts forward the astonishing argument that here in southeast Asia - rather than in Mesopotamia where it is usually placed - was the lost civilisation that fertilised the Great cultures of the Middle East 6 thousand years ago. He produces evidence from ethnography, archaeology, oceanography, from creation stories, myths and sagas and from linguistics and DNA analysis, to argue that this founder civilisation was destroyed by a catastrophic flood, caused by a rapid rise in the sea level at the end of the last ice age.

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    It seems almost pointless to review such a classic. A must for all lovers of literature.

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    Elaine said on Feb 5, 2011 about the Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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    In his journal, 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 families - the Trasks and the Hamilto ... (continue)

    In his journal, 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 families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Caina and Abel. Here is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.

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    meganzing said on Feb 21, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Even the title is perfect.

    Written as an allegory to Biblical Cain and Abel, Steinbeck merely uses that as a springboard to create his own masterpiece. The beauty is that he does it without uprooting history from fiction.

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    fruitfulfig said on Feb 10, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Did you enjoy reading this book? What did you like/dislike about it?

    I didn’t really enjoy this book for the reason that it is a very tough plot with tormented characters. Such is a unpleasant history about good and evil human behaviours having a considerably dosage of morality. In fact, I thi ... (continue)

    Did you enjoy reading this book? What did you like/dislike about it?

    I didn’t really enjoy this book for the reason that it is a very tough plot with tormented characters. Such is a unpleasant history about good and evil human behaviours having a considerably dosage of morality. In fact, I thing that I should select better my English readings because if I didn’t, to read is the less attractive thing to do.

    Do you think this book has helped to improve your English?

    Probably, it has but it’s a slow process. Next I copy some words that I learned and their meanings.

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    Julillamb said on Apr 23, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Dear Pat,
    You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, "Why don't you make something for me?"
    I asked you what you wanted, and you said, "A box."
    "What for?"
    "To put things in."
    "What things?"
    "Whatever you have," you said.
    Well, he ... (continue)

    Dear Pat,
    You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, "Why don't you make something for me?"
    I asked you what you wanted, and you said, "A box."
    "What for?"
    "To put things in."
    "What things?"
    "Whatever you have," you said.
    Well, here's your box. Nearly everything I have is in it, and it is not full. Pain and excitement are in it, and feeling good or bad and evil thoughts and good thoughts—the pleasure of design and some despair and the indescribable joy of creation.
    And on top of these are all the gratitude and love I have for you.
    And still, the box is not full.
    John

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    Marcoguermandi said on Feb 17, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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