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Tortilla Flat Paperback - 1997
by John Steinbeck; Introduction by Thomas Fensch
Adopting the structure and themes of Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck creates a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peoples it with a colorful band of knights. As he chronicles the thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts of the "knights", Steinbeck spins a tale as compelling as the famous legends of the Round Table.
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Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belongingmen who fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil and civil rectitude.
As Nobel Prize winner Steinbeck chronicles their deedstheir multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinkinghe spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him. This edition features an introduction by Thomas Fensch.
As Nobel Prize winner Steinbeck chronicles their deedstheir multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinkinghe spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him. This edition features an introduction by Thomas Fensch.
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- Title Tortilla Flat
- Author John Steinbeck; Introduction by Thomas Fensch
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 1997-06-01
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780140187403 / 0140187405
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.77 x 5.07 x 0.56 in (19.74 x 12.88 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Western stories, Poor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96047245
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century. (The Dallas Morning News) A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him. (Don DeLillo)"
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