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Tortilla Flat

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noun

  1. a novel (1935) by John Steinbeck.


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Others might say Tortilla Flat, about a group of unemployed paisanos living from one small party to another.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2020

Much more impressive performance than his overrated Tortilla Flat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Steinbeck published two other novels �The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown�before Tortilla Flat, in 1935, became a bestseller.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well-told, realistic tale of a southwest "Little Mexico," revealing further weakness in such sentimentalized stories as John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not until 1935, with Tortilla Flat, a somewhat arch dramatization of the lives of Mexican Americans, that Steinbeck had his first success.

From Time Magazine Archive