num_pages: 544
description: A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sánchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the Sánchez family, told entirely by its members Jesús, the 50-year-old patriarch, and his four adult children as their lives unfold in the México City slum they call home. Weaving together their extraordinary personal narratives, Oscar Lewis creates a sympathetic but ultimately tragic portrait that is at once harrowing and humane, mystifying and moving.An invaluable document, full of verve and pathos, The Children of Sánchez reads like the best of fiction, with the added impact that it is all, undeniably, true.
language: English
title: The Children of Sánchez
titlecomplete: The Children of Sánchez
genres: American, Nonfiction, Biography, Social Science, Classics, Banned Books, Sociology, History, Memoir, Anthropology
ratings_count: 917
places: Mexico, Mexico City (México City)
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Essai, awardedAt: -252432000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Vintage Books