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Days of Obligation by Richard Rodriguez

Days of Obligation

An Argument with My Mexican Father

By Richard Rodriguez

By Richard Rodriguez

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Nov 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780140096224

Days of Obligation by Richard Rodriguez
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Nov 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780140096224

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About Days of Obligation

Rodriguez’s acclaimed first book, Hunger of Memory raised a fierce controversy with its views on bilingualism and alternative action. Now, in a series of intelligent and candid essays, Rodriguez ranges over five centuries to consider the moral and spiritual landscapes of Mexico and the US and their impact on his soul.

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About Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez has authored a “trilogy” on American public life and his private life—Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, and Brown—concerned, respectively, with class, ethnicity, and race in America. He has also worked as a journalist on television and in print. Most recently he wrote Darling, a… More about Richard Rodriguez

Product Details

Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections

Paperback | $16.00
Published by Penguin Books
Nov 01, 1993 | 256 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140096224

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Table Of Contents

Days of ObligationIntroduction: My Parent’s Village

Chapter One: India

Chapter Two: Late Victorians

Chapter Three: Mexico’s Children

Chapter Four: In Athens Once

Chapter Five: The Missions

Chapter Six: The Head of Joaquin Murrieta

Chapter Seven: Sand

Chapter Eight: Asians

Chapter Nine: The Latin American Novel

Chapter Ten: Nothing Lasts a Hundred Years

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