Given your taste for richly textured narratives, moral complexity, and introspective character development, I’d recommend you try *”The Master and Margarita”* by Mikhail Bulgakov. This novel dances between satire, magical realism, and existential depth—exploring themes of good and evil, personal freedom, and the absurdity of modern life, much like how Steinbeck weaves together his characters and their moral dilemmas.
It’s a book that offers multiple layers, from the biting critique of Stalinist Russia to a love story that transcends space and time. There’s a philosophical undercurrent throughout that might resonate with the same gravitas found in *The Idiot* or the socio-political edge of *The Monkeywrench Gang*.
It’s the kind of book that, like *East of Eden*, sticks with you long after you’ve finished reading.
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Given your taste for richly textured narratives, moral complexity, and introspective character development, I’d recommend you try *”The Master and Margarita”* by Mikhail Bulgakov. This novel dances between satire, magical realism, and existential depth—exploring themes of good and evil, personal freedom, and the absurdity of modern life, much like how Steinbeck weaves together his characters and their moral dilemmas.
It’s a book that offers multiple layers, from the biting critique of Stalinist Russia to a love story that transcends space and time. There’s a philosophical undercurrent throughout that might resonate with the same gravitas found in *The Idiot* or the socio-political edge of *The Monkeywrench Gang*.
It’s the kind of book that, like *East of Eden*, sticks with you long after you’ve finished reading.