Hunger of Memory Hunger of Memory

Hunger of Memory

The Education of Richard Rodriguez

    • 3.6 • 62 Ratings
    • $7.99
    • $7.99

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
1983
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
224
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
807.9
KB

Customer Reviews

DodgersNCowboys ,

Perfect for a college course

last chapter has to be one of my all time favs

m1cha27 ,

meh

extremely repetitive and does not draw interest. had to read for school and wouldn’t read again

Ih8kife ,

Ehhh

Had to read, wouldn't recommend just for fun.

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