num_pages: 187
description: 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.
language: English
title: Pocho
titlecomplete: Pocho
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Spanish Literature, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Latin American Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 648
publisher: Anchor