America is in the heart

"... it was a crime to be a Filipino in California."
This classic story by Carlos Bulosan, which he called "a personal history," is not a happy story. It is the story of a boy growing up in deep poverty in a farming village in the Philippines and leaving for America as a 17-year-old to start a new life. There, on the west coast of the United States, he experiences that the American dream is not for everyone. As an immigrant, and especially as a Filipino, a life of exploitation, discrimination, and violence awaits him. Between all the dramatic episodes there are moments full of optimism, idealism, and joy. But gradually the awareness of the narrator about the necessity of radical changes.

• Author: Carlos Bulosan, Carey McWilliams
• Published: 12/18/2018
• Edition: 1st edition
• Product form: Softcover
• Language: Dutch
• Publisher: Arpenco
• Number of pages: 306

Also know as: Amerika zit in het hart
Country of origin: Philippines
Brand: Arpenco
Code: 9789082827132
Content: 306 pages