Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez (1983, Mass Market)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553272934
ISBN-139780553272932
eBay Product ID (ePID)156903

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Book TitleHunger of Memory : the Education of Richard Rodriguez
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual Education, Personal Memoirs, General
Publication Year1983
GenreSocial Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRichard Rodriguez
FormatMass Market

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight4 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23/eng/20231214
Reviews"Arresting ... Splendidly written intellectual autobiography." -Boston Globe "Superb autobiographical essay ... Mr. Rodriguez offers himself as an example of the long labor of change: its costs, about which he is movingly frank, its loneliness, but also its triumph." -The New York Times Book Review, "Arresting ... Splendidly written intellectual autobiography."-Boston Globe "Superb autobiographical essay ... Mr. Rodriguez offers himself as an example of the long labor of change: its costs, about which he is movingly frank, its loneliness, but also its triumph."-New York Times Book Review, "Arresting ... Splendidly written intellectual autobiography."- Boston Globe "Superb autobiographical essay ... Mr. Rodriguez offers himself as an example of the long labor of change: its costs, about which he is movingly frank, its loneliness, but also its triumph."- New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal420/.4261092 B
SynopsisHunger 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., 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.

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