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T. C Boyle

    The Tortilla Curtain
    World's End (Picador Books)
    The Tortilla Curtain. Teacher’s Guide
    The Inner Circle
    • The Inner Circle

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      The Inner Circle has it all: fabulous characters, a rollicking plot, and more sex than pioneering researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey ever dreamed of documenting ... well, almost

      The Inner Circle
    • This is a multigenerational saga set in New York's Hudson Valley in three time periods: the late 17th century; the 1940s and the late 1960s. It follows the interwoven destinies of three families: a family of Indians, a family of Dutch patrons and a family of yeoman.

      World's End (Picador Books)
    • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004Nachdr.LehrpersonenGewicht: 216 gr / Abmessung: 30 cmVon Frenken, Wiltrud; Luz, Angela; Prischtt, Brigitte / Von Boyle, T. C.Contents: Die Personen - Der Inhalt - The Author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des UnterrichtsmodellsComponent 1: When Worlds Clash: First encounter and clashes between the two worlds - Conflicting points of view towards the immigration issueComponent 2: Cándido''s and América''s Best of all Worlds: Symbolism - América: everybody''s victimComponent 3: When Mexican Dreams Meet US Reality: Delaney''s worries - When Whites and Mexicans meet - The Mexicans'' desperate struggle for happinessComponent 4: Delaney - Racist in a Liberal Skin: The wound refusing to heal - The long way to racism

      The Tortilla Curtain