Hunger Of Memory: The Education Of Richard Rodriguez
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- Synopsis
- Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey of a "minority student" who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation - from his past, his parents, his culture - and so describes the high price of "making it" in middle-class America. Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language . . . and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man. From the Paperback edition. Note: The author uses British punctuation.
- Copyright:
- 1982
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 200 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780553272932
- Publisher:
- Bantam Books
- Date of Addition:
- 08/16/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Richard Rodriguez
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Business and Finance, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Foreign Language Study
- Submitted By:
- Liz Halperin
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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