{"product_id":"hunger-of-memory-the-education-of-richard-rodriguez-paperback","title":"Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunger of Memory\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, \u003cb\u003eHunger of Memory\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunger 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. \u003cbr\u003eHere 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. \u003cbr\u003eProvocative 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e has authored a \"trilogy\" on American public life and his private life--\u003ci\u003eHunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e--concerned, respectively, with class, ethnicity, and race in America. He has also worked as a journalist on television and in print. Most recently he wrote \u003ci\u003eDarling, \u003c\/i\u003e a meditation on the Abrahamic religions after 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 6.8 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761821942048,"sku":"9780553272932","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/96178588708a4ba94b6ed6a8f287762f.webp?v=1780213558","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hunger-of-memory-the-education-of-richard-rodriguez-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}