Tortilla Flat
Americannoun
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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
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
This is the central situation of John Steinbeck's latest booklet�an underdone novel and overdone gag which is a long, long way from wrathful Okies and Tortilla Flat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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