| Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez Contributor(s): Rodriguez, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553272934 ISBN-13: 9780553272932 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1983 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Lgbt - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" (0.25 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 70908 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |