description: Read by the author.The author of East Is East replays the tragi-comic meeting of representatives from two different cultures with nothing in common. This book calmly grabs hold with an unexpected suspense.A Mexican illegal immigrant couple, Candido and America Rincon, seek a better life in Southern California. Candido's freak accident shows the couple's vulnerability and they are afraid to seek help. Each small improvement they are able to make in their daily existence, is quickly erased. They cross paths with Delany Mossbacher, a liberal nature writer who lives in a gated community in the same canyon. The story is artfully told from each character's point of view and the reader is torn between the shifting currents in each world. Cultural misunderstandings and tragic errors create the gripping realization that this may be one story without a perfect ending.
language: English
title: The Tortilla Curtain
titlecomplete: The Tortilla Curtain
characters: Delany Mossbacher, Candido Rincon, America Rincon
genres: Audiobook, American, Book Club, Literary Fiction, School, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 31904
places: Los Angeles, California, California
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Audie Award
category: Narration by the Author or Authors, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks