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Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography [SIGNED COPY]

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography [SIGNED COPY]

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography [SIGNED
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Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography [SIGNED COPY]

by Rodriguez, Richard

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9780879234188
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Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1982. First edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on first free endpaper. Stated 2nd printing. Edgewear, soiling, mild fraying, and a small closed tear to dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. Minor shelfwear to cap and base of book spine. Boards are sunned at the top. A memoir about the mental and cultural costs to a Latino immigrant in becoming assimilated in America by the author of 'Brown: The Last Discovery of America' and 'Days of Obligation'. Uncommon signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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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.

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Title
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez: An Autobiography [SIGNED COPY]
Author
Rodriguez, Richard
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Edition
First edition. 2nd Printing
ISBN 10
0879234180
ISBN 13
9780879234188
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1982

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