Always Running
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Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. is a 1993 book by Mexican-American author Luis J. Rodriguez
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Luis J. Rodriguez writes this book for his son Ramiro. It is a book 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.
Rodriguez talks about the hardships of immigrating to America, while also dealing with the hardships of trying to rise above the gang violence of California.
Although niggers, as they are called by Rodriguez, reside only a few blocks away from where most of the brutal battles between the gangs are fought, they are usually fought in a local corner store called El Braso Nueve.
Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. His work has won several awards, and he is recognized as a major figure of contemporary Chicano literature...
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Luis J. Rodriguez writes this book for his son Ramiro. It is a book of a street gang in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
(specifically, East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles (region)
East Los Angeles is the portion of the City of Los Angeles that lies east of Downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles River and the unincorporated areas of Lincoln Heights, west of the San Gabriel Valley, East Los Angeles and City Terrace, south of Cypress Park, and north of Vernon, California and...
and the city's eastern suburbs), has been highly acclaimed and contrasted to the works of Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French writer and physician Louis-Ferdinand Destouches . Céline was chosen after his grandmother's first name. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and...
and George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
's Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell , published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual...
in its description of the lives of desperate, impoverished individuals in big cities.
Rodriguez talks about the hardships of immigrating to America, while also dealing with the hardships of trying to rise above the gang violence of California.
Although niggers, as they are called by Rodriguez, reside only a few blocks away from where most of the brutal battles between the gangs are fought, they are usually fought in a local corner store called El Braso Nueve.