An edition of The tortilla curtain (1995)

Tortilla Curtain

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An edition of The tortilla curtain (1995)

Tortilla Curtain

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  • ★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 20 Want to read
  • 4 Have read

The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.

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Tandem Library
Language
English

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Subjects

Ethnic relations, Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Illegal aliens, Literature, Marriage, Married people, Mexicans, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Married people, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, California, fiction, Large type books, Domestic fiction.sh, Fiction, family life, general, Marriage, fiction, American fiction, collectionID:ConroeChallenge, World literature, Fiction subjects, Noncitizens, Illegal immigration, Culture conflict

Places

California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.)

Times

20th century

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The tortilla curtain
The tortilla curtain
2011, Penguin Books
in English
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Cover of: The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)
The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)
July 5, 2004, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Paperback
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Cover of: Tortilla Curtain
Tortilla Curtain
July 2003, Tandem Library
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Cover of: The tortilla curtain
The tortilla curtain
1996, Bloomsbury
in English
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Cover of: The tortilla curtain
The tortilla curtain
1996, Wheeler Pub.
in English
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Cover of: The tortilla curtain
The tortilla curtain
1996, Penguin
in English
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Cover of: The tortilla curtain
The tortilla curtain
1995, Viking
in English
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The tortilla curtain
1995, Bloomsbury
in English
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Book Details

First Sentence

"AFTERWARD, HE TRIED TO REDUCE IT TO ABSTRACT terms, an accident in a world of accidents, the collision of opposing forcesthe bumper of his car and the frail scrambling hunched-over form of a dark little man with a wild look in his eyebut he wasn't very successful."

The Physical Object

Format
School & Library Binding
Dimensions
7.6 x 4.7 x 1 inches
Weight
12 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9448304M
ISBN 10
0613656342
ISBN 13
9780613656344
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919713

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April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
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