Finalist for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
In a series of ten essays spanning the five centuries of history, from Cort├®s' conquest of Mexico to San Francisco's AIDS epidemic, Rodriguez explores the conflicts of race, religion, and cultural
identity for Mexican-Americans across the landscape of his beloved California—as well as the impact this history had on him.
Rodriguez positions Mexico and the United States as moral rivals—Mexico wearing the mask of tragedy; the United States, the mask of comedy. By the end, however, we come to recognize a historical
irony: the United States is becoming a culture of tragedy, while Mexico is reveling in youthful optimism as the two nations are trading roles.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Days of Obligation looks into America—north and south of the Rio Grande—as penetratingly and eloquently as Camus did when he compared the mental landscapes of France and Algiers.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Luminous…[Rodriguez’s] insights, irony and descriptions make the writing richly evocative.” —Publishers Weekly
“The best American essayist as far as I’m concerned…[Rodriguez] doesn’t kowtow to political correctness. He shuns the pack, rides alone. He writes a lonely line of individualism, the grandeur and grief of the American soul.” —Village Voice
Richard Rodriguez was born in 1944 in San Francisco. He received a BA from Stanford University and an MA from Columbia University, was a PhD candidate in English Renaissance
at the University of California at Berkeley, and attended the Warburg Institute in London on a Fulbright fellowship. Rodriguez has worked as a teacher, international journalist, and educational
consultant.
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CD
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Category:
Nonfiction
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
CDs:
7
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7
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Runtime:
8.24
ISBN:
9781470887858
ISBN:
9781433254741
ISBN:
9781433254758
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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