America Is in the Heart
Book description
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.…
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1 author picked America Is in the Heart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A Filipino immigrant to the U.S. when he was just a teenager, a migrant laborer who experienced the depths of the Great Depression, and a self-taught creative writer, Carlos Bulosan exemplifies the limits and possibilities of the American Dream.
I love his autobiographical debut novel because its prose is both grittily realistic yet lyrically stunning because it opens up so many specific places and stories from 1930s America yet speaks to universal emotions and ideals, and because it ends with the single most inspiring vision of our nation that I’ve ever found.
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