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Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez

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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ISBN 13 9780553272932
ISBN 10 0553272934
Title Hunger of Memory
Author Richard Rodriguez
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published 1983-01-01
Number of pages 224
Prizes Winner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 1983
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.