![]() To the people of Monterey, they were minimally employable, and not worth inclusion in in the greater parts of society, but no matter. The book brings to life a group of paisanos, men of a heritage mixed with Spanish, indigenous, white, and Mexican genes. Without the distinct culture of the area, Tortilla Flat would not have been possible. This central area of California meant much to Steinbeck, inspiring everything from settings of novels to his studies in marine biology. It’s set in Monterey, a city not far from the author’s birthplace in Salinas. In 1962, when the Nobel committee recognized the author for his entire career, they were sure to give mention to the writer's "sympathetic humor." Yet humor was an important part of Steinbeck’s reputation. There isn’t much to laugh about, after all, in the morbid ending of Of Mice and Men or the Depression travails of the Joads. But before all that pomp and regard, there was a slim, comic novel about jolly laborers passing time in California.īy what you were assigned in school, you might not have thought the works of John Steinbeck to be very funny. ![]() Steinbeck later went on to write more ambitious novels like East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, ultimately leading the author to a Nobel Prize in Literature. ![]() ![]() It would become John Steinbeck’s first truly successful book, heralding the arrival of a truly distinguished American voice. On May 28, 1935, the world saw the release of Tortilla Flat. ![]()
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