Tortilla flat, Steinbeck, John
Title: Tortilla Flat (1935)Author: John Steinbeck (1902-1968) Born in the Salinas in California, a setting for many of his novels. Tortilla Flat was his third novel, but the first one which established his name as a novelist of considerable merit. His best known works are Of Mice and Men and Grapes of Wrath. All three novels touch upon the poverty of those at the very bottom -and usually well out of sight- of American society. Within Tortilla Flat we find Steinbeck’s fascination for the Arthurian Legends, an interest which would lead him to Britain for long years of research for his The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights.
Genre: comic novel
Perspective: 3rd person
Language: simple use of language, handled well to create a very graphic picture
Structure: The chapters are not numbered, but introduced by short headings which give a brief plot summary. I.e. How Danny’s mourning friends challenged all conventions. Thi