Tortilla Flat

American  

noun

1. a novel (1935) by John Steinbeck.

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Example Sentences

New to the list are Amy Tan’s San Francisco classic, “The Joy Luck Club,” and John Steinbeck’s early novel “Tortilla Flat,” a portrait of life in Monterey after World War I. Another popular suggestion readers sent in was “Men to Match My Mountains” by Irving Stone, a gripping history of westward expansion and the settling of California that was published in 1956.

From New York Times

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

From The Guardian

If you drive 13 miles northeast on Arizona 88, you’ll find Tortilla Flat, an old stagecoach stop that’s now a saloon that uses saddles for its bar-stool seats.

From Los Angeles Times

The long-awaited “mid-engine” Corvette easily outruns its formidable predecessor, as I learned during a time-warping desert drive near Tortilla Flat, Ariz. The eighth-generation “C8” Corvette is earning rapturous reviews and dominating industry awards, as a car that can take on European exotics that cost $200,000 and more, but at a $59,995 base price that reads like a misprint.

From New York Times

His stories bring to mind John Steinbeck’s forgiving depictions of scamps and scoundrels in “Tortilla Flat” and “Cannery Row,” as both authors show great regard for sad-sack charmers stumbling along the sun-bleached road to wherever.

From New York Times