Pocho (Spanish Edition)

Type

Book

Authors

Jose Antonio Villarreal

ISBN 10

0385474075

ISBN 13

9780385474078

Tags

Foreign Language Fiction, Literary, Reference, Literature, Spanish

Description

Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans -- whatever their past. - from Amzon

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