Running the Rift is the most recent winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, as awarded by Barbara Kingsolver. It's also an...
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Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. As Steinbeck chronicles their thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts, he spins a tale as compelling, and ultimately as touched by sorrow, as the famous legends of the Round Table.
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Like the knights of the Round Table, the dreamers who gather at Danny's house share joy and fellowship, triumphs and sorrows.
Lucy Little, January 23, 2010 (view all comments by Lucy Little)
I read Steinbeck as required in high school and college and recently became reinterested in his work. He has such a way with describing people and their relationships. Tortilla Flat is no exception. It's not a book where everyone lives happily ever after, but each character remains true to himself throughout. No wonder why his works are considered classics.
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