The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family

The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican FamilyA pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the S nchez family, told entirely by its members Jesus, the 50 year old patriarch, and his four adult children as their lives unfold in the Mexico City slum they call home. Weaving together

A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty--a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published.

It is the epic story of the S nchez family, told entirely by its members--Jesus, the 50-year-old patriarch, and his four adult children--as their lives unfold in the Mexico City slum they call home. Weaving together their extraordinary personal narratives, Oscar Lewis creates a sympathetic but ultimately tragic portrait that is at once harrowing and humane, mystifying and moving.

An invaluable document, full of verve and pathos, The Children of Sanchez reads like the best of fiction, with the added impact that it is all, undeniably, true.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/29/2011
ISBN: 9780307744531
Pages: 505
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.30w x 0.96d