Pocho
by Jose Antonio Villarreal
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Author: Jose Antonio VillarrealEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1970-12-01
ISBN: 0385061188
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: A Latino coming of age
Summary: 5 Stars
"There are but three things that can say I have learned for myself. First, i know that one should never discuss matters of sex with one's parents. Second, one should not, on penalty of going to Hell, discuss religion with the priests. And, last, one should not ask questions on history of the teachers, or one will be kept in after school."
This is the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents came to the United States from Mexico. In the California depression era, the novel follows Richard's life--a young pocho--as he experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and the new world he has been transplanted to. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood is as universal to every youth as those who have been influenced by two worlds: the uniqueness of the Mexican American traditions and how they interact with the struggles of every American--whatever their past.
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