Tortilla Flat

Description:

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. This is the first of a trilogy, along with 'Cannery Row' and 'Sweet Thursday.'

subjects: Poor,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Fiction in English,  Fiction,  Hispanic Americans,  Poverty,  American fiction,  Classic Literature,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Monterey (calif.), fiction,  California, fiction,  Hispanic americans, fiction,  Pauvres,  Romans, nouvelles,  Américains d'origine latino-américaine,  Unterschicht,  Monterey,  Mexican Americans,  Gangs,  Nineteen thirties

People: John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

Places: Monterey (Calif.),  California,  Monterey

Times: 20th century