A review by vanlaz
America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

follows bulosan’s (quasi) life navigating and adjusting to america, searching for a better future in order to return home to ph. the plight of a walking contradiction of being a filipino man educated, well read, and fighting intellectualism for the sake of intellectualism— being filled with rage, wanting of the understanding and  libertarian  for him and his people, fighting with kindness, knowledge, literature, violence, solidarity, and pure strength. he escapes beatings and death and hunger and poverty; searches for meaning within himself and this country— all to live a life in america worth living.