Hunger of Memory (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Rodriguez
- First Published: 1981
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Memory, Parents and children, Education or educators, Ethnic groups, Mexican Americans
- Locales: California, New York, England
The Work
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodríguez is a memoir that explores Richard Rodríguez’s coming-of-age in an America that challenges him to understand what it is to be a Mexican American and what it is to be a Catholic in America. At the heart of this autobiography is Rodríguez’s recognition that his is a position of alienation, a position that he accepts with resignation and regret. As the title of this collection of autobiographical pieces suggests, he remembers his early childhood with nostalgia, while acknowledging that his coming-of-age has...
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