Always Running

Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.

First hardcover edition (1993)
Author Luis J. Rodriguez
Country United States
Language English
Publication date
1993
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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 story of 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

  1. "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.". amazon.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.". barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. "Always Running". goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A Study Guide & Plot Summary". bookrags.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.


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