About the Book

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.

"From the Paperback edition."

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 224 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Dial Press (Feb. 28th, 2004)

ISBN-10: 0553382519

ISBN-13: 9780553382518

Dimensions: 5.00 x 7.50 x 0.50 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.35 lbs

• Categories: Personal Memoirs Multicultural Education Hispanic American Studies