Pocho

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 experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans--whatever their past.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 11/04/1970
ISBN: 9780385061186
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.58d