Today I decided to try Wilbours Favorite. They are famous for thier killer chili, but they have many unique signature dishes. Visiting Tortilla Flat is a right of passage, dining at the saloon is the reward. The town is like a snapshot from the 1800s and the old saloon is no exception. Thus begin the "adventures," most of which center around acquiring money.Įventually, Danny, now the leader, becomes disenchanted, and the story takes on darker tones as he attempts to recapture the pleasures of his youth and freedom from responsibility of ownership. Tortilla Flat is the perfect place to do that. They return to Monterey to learn that Danny has been left two houses by his grandfather, which he shares with the group. With the advent of World War I, they enlist in a fevor of drunken patriotism, though none of them find their way into combat. Kind natured and loyal to one another, they disregard convention, revelling in their idyllic world of poverty. The story surrounds a group of young jobless men of Mexican descent living on a hilltop in Monterey, California. As he chronicles the thoughts and emotions, temptations and lusts of the "knights", Steinbeck spins a tale as compelling as the famous legends of the Round Table 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-men who fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil and civil rectitude.Īs Steinbeck chronicles their deeds-their multiple lovers, 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.īarnes & Noble - Audiobook (downloadable format)Īudible - Audiobook (downloadable format)Įmusic.Adopting the structure and themes of Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck creates a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peoples it with a colorful band of knights. "Steinbeck is an artist and he tells stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." -New York Herald TribuneĪdopting 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.
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