Always Running
Appearance
Author | Luis J. Rodriguez |
---|---|
Language | English |
Publication date | 1993 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 251 |
ISBN | 0-671-88231-7 |
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. is a 1993 autobiographical book by Mexican-American author Luis J. Rodriguez.[1][2][3]
In the book, Rodriguez recounts his days as a member of a street gang in Los Angeles (specifically, East Los Angeles and the city's eastern suburbs), has been highly acclaimed and contrasted to the works of Louis-Ferdinand Celine and George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London in its description of the lives of desperate, impoverished individuals in big cities.[4]
References
- ^ "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A." amazon.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A." barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Always Running". goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A Study Guide & Plot Summary". bookrags.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.