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First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino
poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his
voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an
itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West.
"America came to him in a public ward in the Los Angeles County
Hospital while around him men died gasping for their last bit of
air, and he learned that while America could be cruel it could also
be immeasurably kind. . . . For Carlos Bulosan no lifetime could be
long enough in which to explain to America that no man could
destroy his faith in it again. He wanted to contribute something
toward the final fulfillment of America. So he wrote this book that
holds the bitterness of his own blood." - Carlos P. Romulo, "New
York Times"
"The premier text of the Filipino-American experience." - Greg
Castilla
America Is in the Heart is a semi-autobiographical novel from the
celebrated author Carlos Bulosan. Beginning with the young Carlos'
difficult childhood in the rural Philippines where he and his
family face immense hardship, this gripping story follows the
narrator's tumultuous journey in search of a better life in
America. This is an eye-opening account of the injustices, abuse
and discrimination faced by immigrants in post-Second World War
America.
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The Voice of Bataan (Hardcover)
Carlos Bulosan; Created by American-Phillippine Foundation Inc, Carlos P (Carlos Pena) 1899-1 Romulo
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R793
Discovery Miles 7 930
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Voice of Bataan (Paperback)
Carlos Bulosan; Created by American-Phillippine Foundation Inc, Carlos P (Carlos Pena) 1899-1 Romulo
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R419
Discovery Miles 4 190
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A posthumous response to his classic America Is in the Heart, this
collection of original, hitherto unpublished stories by Carlos
Bulosan reveals the innovative, radical intellect sublimated in his
comic masterpiece, The Laughter of My Father. Bulosan's homecoming
explodes the stereotype of the author as a subaltern mimic and
offers us a promise of celebrating the advent of proletarian
jouissance and national liberation. This is an unprecedented
performance of convivial fashioning of the Filipino artist as the
exile forging the conscience of the race.
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