Zoe Kazan on Honoring Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ for Netflix Series While Rethinking Its Characters

The series creator explains her decision to build the adaptation around a love story, between brothers, rereading Cathy Ames and how she updated Steinbeck's novel for television.

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Sources

• Hollywood Reporter

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