TY - BOOK AU - Villarreal Velásquez,José Antonio TI - Pocho SN - 978-0-385-06118-6 U1 - 813.54 PY - 1989/// CY - New York, United States PB - Anchor Books KW - FICCIÓN KW - NOVELA HISPANOAMERICANA KW - PATRIMONIO CULTURAL KW - 813.54 - Novelística norteamericana en inglés (1945-1999) N2 - 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 ER -