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"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." -- New York Herald Tribune Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey,California and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. These "knights" are paisanos , men of mixed heritage, whose ancestors settled California hundreds of years before. Free of ties to jobs and other complications of the American way of life, they fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil in the surrounding ocean of civil rectitude. As Steinbeck chronicles their deeds--their multiple loves, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him.
Zakup książki
Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2001
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Tortilla Flat
- Język
- polski
- Autorzy
- John Steinbeck
- Wydawca
- Muza
- Rok wydania
- 2001
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 216
- ISBN10
- 8372007543
- ISBN13
- 9788372007544
- Seria
- Tagi
- Przyroda, Humor, Zwierzęta, Przyjaźń, USA, Fikcja wojenna, XX wiek, Wojny, Literatura amerykańska, Psy, Nowele, Ameryka, Wino, Bieda, Nagroda Nobla, Narracja, Dziedzictwo, Kalifornia, Alkoholizm, Lata 30. XX wieku, Kryzys gospodarczy, Bezdomność, Robotnicy, Relacje sąsiedzkie
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1935
- Oryginalna nazwa
- Tortilla Flat
- Ocena
- 3,75 z 5
- Opis
- "Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." -- New York Herald Tribune Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey,California and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. These "knights" are paisanos , men of mixed heritage, whose ancestors settled California hundreds of years before. Free of ties to jobs and other complications of the American way of life, they fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil in the surrounding ocean of civil rectitude. As Steinbeck chronicles their deeds--their multiple loves, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him.