by Richard Rodriguez · Bantam · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780553272932
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«Hunger of Memory» is the autobiography of Richard Rodriguez, published by Bantam in paperback (212 pages, in English).
Richard Rodriguez recalls his childhood in Sacramento as the son of Mexican immigrants and his academic journey to the British Museum; he arrived at school with barely fifty words of English. He addresses the cost of assimilation and success, and defends controversial positions on affirmative action, bilingual education, and the role of language.
The work is subtitled The Education of Richard Rodriguez and was published in 1983.
For readers interested in memoirs, cultural identity, and debates on assimilation, affirmative action, and bilingual education in the United States.
Richard Rodriguez is an American writer who became famous as the author of the 1982 autobiography Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, a narrative about his intellectual development.
