Pocho

José Antonio Villarreal

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • bildungsromane
  • california
  • california, fiction
  • children of immigrants
  • children of immigrants--california--fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • mexican americans
  • mexican americans--california--fiction
  • ps3572.i37 p62 1970
  • young men
  • young men--california--fiction