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Tortilla Flat (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

by John Steinbeck

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Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics featuring eye-catching, newly commissioned art. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readersand to the many who revisit them again and again.

Review:

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)

Synopsis:

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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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv-xxvi).
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About the Author

JOHN STEINBECK (1902 &1968) was born in Salinas, California. He worked as a laborer and a journalist, and in 1935, when he published Tortilla Flat, he achieved popular success and financial security. Steinbeck wrote more than twenty-five novels and won the Nobel Prize in 1962. Nearly all of his books are available in Penguin Classics.
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ISBN:
9780140187403
Introduction:
Fensch, Thomas
Author:
Fensch, Thomas
Introduction:
Fensch, Thomas
Author:
Steinbeck, John
Author:
Fensch, Thomas
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Hispanic americans
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
Western stories
Subject:
Monterey (Calif.) Fiction.
Subject:
Poor -- California -- Monterey -- Fiction.
Subject:
Monterey
Subject:
Hispanic Americans -- Fiction.
Series:
Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
Series Volume:
#11-79
Publication Date:
June 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
7.77x5.07x.56 in. .35 lbs.
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