The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love | Literary Precedents
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love has deep roots in early twentieth-century American novels of immigrant experience, such as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) and Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky (1917). These older works chart immigrants' attempts to rise on the economic ladder and explore the price that must be paid for financial success. The world Hijuelos depicts is not as harsh as that of Sinclair and Cahan, however, as can be clearly seen in a scene from The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love that strongly evokes The Jungle. Once they...
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