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
The language is fierce, rich and foul, and the folkways might startle even a resident of 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
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
Much more impressive performance than his overrated Tortilla Flat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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