the_one_av 's review for:

America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

4.0

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The story itself felt incomplete and complete at the same time, the autobiographical stylistic choices gave a compelling narrative to Carlos’s experiences from the Philippines to America. The constant push and struggle against the monumental force that was mid 1900s racism and xenophobia was a driving force that provided much of the excitement and meaning to this book. I personally learned the history of the pinoys with told from an individual perspective. The writing was compelling as well, it helps that some of the wording and events seemed dramatized. This was one of the few “non-fiction” books that really kept me sucked in.