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Understand This
Jervey Tervalon's novel about young people in South Central Los Angeles grows out of his experience teaching in a high school there and his pain at the death of one of his favorite students.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: Oct 26th, 2000
- Pages: 278
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.27in - 5.53in - 0.70in - 0.73lb
- EAN: 9780520223554
- Categories: • General
About the Author
Jervey Tervalon teaches English at California State University, Los Angeles. His most recent novel is Dead Above Ground (2000).
Praise for this book
""Understand This" speaks convincingly in the idiom of the street, weaving in and out of several characters' stories, the dramas behind them described with intelligence and charity."--Michael E. Ross, "New York Times Book Review"