Sandra Cisneros
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| Original Title: | The House on Mango Street |
| ISBN: | 0679734775 (ISBN13: 9780679734772) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Esperanza, Nenny |
| Setting: | Chicago, Illinois(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | American Book Award (1985), George C. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award (1994) |
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Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.Define Containing Books The House on Mango Street
| Title | : | The House on Mango Street |
| Author | : | Sandra Cisneros |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 25th Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 110 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2009 by Vintage (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Classics. Short Stories. Academic. School |
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The House on Mango Street, Sandra CisnerosThe House on Mango Street is a 1984 coming-of-age novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. It is written from the perspective of teenage Latina, Esperanza Cordero, who struggles with her life in a Chicano and Puerto Rican neighborhood of Chicago. Esperanza wishes to escape her impoverished life in her small red house on Mango Street to then return one day to rescue her loved ones as well. The novel combines old Mexican traditions with modern(Original pub date: 1984)This is another one of those "reading list classics" that I figured I should try. Especially since it's really short! ;) The book consists entirely of vignettes from the author's childhood in a poor section of Chicago. The writing is beautiful and spare - no vignette is longer that 2 or 3 pages (and the font is huge and widely spaced). It reads like poetry, really - the words are potent and evocative rather than exhaustively descriptive.My reading of this book actually
She is a good poet who penned a mediocre "novel." I tell you, it is on the slim side of a novella. Physically, the book is short (maybe 5/7 the height of a standard paperbook), 12 point font, double-spaced, 134 pages long with 44 chapters and each one is set apart with its own half page. Oh, and the content? Just what you'd expect. Why, I bet Cisneros spent a whole afternoon writing what you could read in an afternoon.
Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to The House on Mango Street, a short series of vignettes published in 1984 and written by Sandra Cisneros. Picture it: Long Island, August 1995. 18-year-old college student receives a letter in the mail, revealing two books he must read prior to attending the freshmen orientation seminar on his first day of college later that month. Young kid says "They're giving me work to do already? WT..." It went something like that. And it wasn't that I didn't want to read,
This book is silent perfection.Esperanzas story is both heartbreaking and breathtaking. Read as part of a womens coming-of-age course, The House on Mango Street might be my favorite book so far in the course. Esperanzas story is gripping from page one, her narrative absolutely stunning. The writing of the novel perfectly aligns itself with Esperanzas personalityor at least, how I imagine a character such as her would write.Unlike the other novels read for this same course, whats more appreciate
I started reading The House on Mango Street without really researching anything about it. I could really tell that the author is also a poetthe beauty of the language and the descriptions was stunning. If you are looking for something plot-driven, this is not your book. But if you are willing to savour each chapter/vignette for what it is, you will enjoy this artistic little volume.Each chapter is like a perfectly cut and polished gemstone, offering the reader a peek into the Chicago of the
Audiobook narrated by author, Sandra Cisneros It appears that before today I had only read a few of the vignettes presented in this text during my public school years. First, I noticed that every teacher(including me) that does any part of this book in their ELA classroom pronounces Mango incorrectly. It's supposed to be "Mawn-Go" not "Mang- Go." I wonder if my grade eight English teacher knows... Second, I had never heard Sandra Cisneros speak before, she certainly has a very youthful voice.
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