John Steinbeck`s first major critical & commercial success, & perhaps his funniest novel, ” Tortilla Flat”
Includes:: a critical introduction by Thomas Fensch in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money & possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Together, their love of freedom & scorn for material things draws them into daring & often hilarious adventures. That is, until Danny, tiring of his new responsibilities, suddenly disappears... John Steinbeck (1902-68), winner of the Pulitzer Prize & the Nobel Prize for literature, is remembered as one of the greatest & best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Steinbeck served as a war correspondent, with his collected dispatches published as ” Once There Was a War” (1958); in 1945 he was awarded the Norwegian Cross of Freedom for his novel ” The Moon is Down” (1942), a portrayal of Resistance efforts in northern Europe. His best-known works include the epics ” The Grapes of Wrath” (1939) & ” East of Eden” (1952), & his tragic novella ” Of Mice & Men” (1937). John Steinbeck`s complete works are published in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. If you enjoyed ” Tortilla Flat”, you might like Steinbeck`s ” Cannery Row”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” Steinbeck...tells the stories of these lovable thieves & adulterers with a poetic purity of heart & prose”. (” New York Herald Tribune”).