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The House on Mango Street
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
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This timeless work appeals to readers of all ages interested in stories of cultural identity, youth, and personal growth. It is widely taught in schools and universities, making it ideal for students as well as general fiction enthusiasts seeking a moving and insightful read.
For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness.
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The House on Mango Street is a National Bestseller and a coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. It is written by Sandra Cisneros, the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.
The House on Mango Street tells the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. The narrative is conveyed through a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous—and Sandra Cisneros' masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.
"Cisneros draws on her rich Latino heritage… and seduces with precise, spare prose, creating unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one." -The New York Times Book Review
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
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Praised as a modern classic, The House on Mango Street is celebrated for its precise, spare prose and unforgettable characters. Critics acclaim Sandra Cisneros for capturing the rapture and rage of growing up with emotional depth and lyrical beauty. The book is regarded as essential reading, lauded for its poetic narrative that resonates across generations.
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ISBN: 9780679734772
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 April 1991
Country: United States
Imprint: Vintage Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 147g
Pages: 144
About the Author
SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National Medal of Arts. More recently, she received the Ford Foundation's Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized with the Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, and won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two nonprofits she founded- Macondo Writers and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. As a single woman she made the choice to have books instead of children. A citizen of both the United States and Mexico, Cisneros currently lives in San Miguel de Allende and makes her living by her pen.
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