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The Tortilla Curtain

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Immigration and the American Dream in conflict.

Recommended read for those interested in exploring issues of immigration, assimilation, and the price of the American dream. Through Boyle's tragicomic style, the book presents the story of two couples from different worlds, whose lives intersect with calamitous consequences. The book provides an insightful exploration of the challenges of assimilation and the cultural divide between classes.

  • Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2007)
  • Prix Médicis Etranger (1997)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Tortilla Curtain

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ISBN: 9780140238280
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Date of Publication: 1996-09-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.66
(rated by 31210 readers)

Description

T.C. Boyle's tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream

"A masterpiece of contemporary social satire." --The Wall Street Journal Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: he a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican immigrants Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine. And from the moment a freak accident brings Candido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.


Author: T.C. Boyle
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Publication Date: 01 Sep 1996
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Immigration and the American Dream in conflict.

Recommended read for those interested in exploring issues of immigration, assimilation, and the price of the American dream. Through Boyle's tragicomic style, the book presents the story of two couples from different worlds, whose lives intersect with calamitous consequences. The book provides an insightful exploration of the challenges of assimilation and the cultural divide between classes.

  • Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2007)
  • Prix Médicis Etranger (1997)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.