Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
by Rodriguez, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879234180
- ISBN 13
- 9780879234188
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, 1981. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by author to ffep.. Inscribed by author on ffep. First Printing with erratum slip laid in at blank page 143/144. In purple cloth with gilt to front board and spine. Ding to bottom front corner, otherwise sharp corners. Small bookseller sticker to rear pastedown and some light tanning to same from review laid in. Binding solid. Jacket is unclipped ($13.95), nice and clean.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB007485RR
- Title
- Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
- Author
- Rodriguez, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0879234180
- ISBN 13
- 9780879234188
- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- LGBTQ Literature;
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