Pocho (En Espanol)

Author/Contributor(s):	Villarreal, Jose Antonio
Publisher:	Anchor
Date:	5/1/1994
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.