Pocho (En Espanol) [Spanish]

by José Antonio Villarreal and Brinda Charry

Book Overview

Jose Antonio Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0385474075
• ISBN13: 9780385474078
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"