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Poetic journey through migrant hardships and hope.
If you're looking for a deeply personal narrative that speaks to the immigrant experience, "America Is In The Heart" could resonate with you. Carlos Bulosan's account is both haunting and affirming, laying bare the trials faced by Filipino laborers in early 20th-century America. It's an essential piece of literature for understanding the complexities of the American dream and the resilience of the human spirit.
- NBDB National Book Awards for Translation (1993)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9789712716706
Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Social Justice,
Biography Memoir,
Biography,
American History,
Historical,
Autobiography,
Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.92
(rated by 3229 readers)
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AMERICA IS IN THE HEART. First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. Bulosan does not spare the reader any of the horrors tha accompanied the migrant's life; but his quiet, stoic voice is the most convincing witness to the terrible events he witnessed.
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Poetic journey through migrant hardships and hope.
If you're looking for a deeply personal narrative that speaks to the immigrant experience, "America Is In The Heart" could resonate with you. Carlos Bulosan's account is both haunting and affirming, laying bare the trials faced by Filipino laborers in early 20th-century America. It's an essential piece of literature for understanding the complexities of the American dream and the resilience of the human spirit.
- NBDB National Book Awards for Translation (1993)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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