The Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez : An Autobiography
by Richard Rodriguez
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0879234180
- ISBN 13
- 9780879234188
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ergodebooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SONG0879234180
- Title
- The Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez : An Autobiography
- Author
- Richard Rodriguez
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0879234180
- ISBN 13
- 9780879234188
- Publisher
- David R Godine Pub
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982-03
Terms of Sale
Ergodebooks
We have 30 day return policy.
About the Seller
Ergodebooks
About Ergodebooks
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'