Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House on Mango Street is the story of Esperanza Cordera, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza, Mango Street is a desolate landscape of concrete and run-down tenements where she discovers the hard realities of life - the fetters of class and gender, the spectre of racial enmity and the mysteries of sexuality. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, Esperanza is able to rise above hopelessness and create for herself "a house all of my own quiet as snow, a space for myself to go" in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.
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'Cisneros writes from the heart of a child - bluntly and truthfully ... Everyone needs this book' Los Angeles Times
A classic. . . . This little book has made a great space for itself on the shelf of American literature. Julia Alvarez
Afortunado! Lucky! Lucky the generation who grew up with Esperanza and The House on Mango Street. And lucky future readers. This funny, beautiful book will always be with us. Maxine Hong Kingston
Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage . . . and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one. Bebe Moore Campbell, The New York Times Book Review
Marvelous . . . spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisneros s storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world. San Francisco Cronicle
A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant. . . . Like the best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted word. Miami Herald
Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brillant of today s young writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuanceful . . . rich with music and picture. Gwendolyn Books
Afortunado! Lucky! Lucky the generation who grew up with Esperanza and The House on Mango Street. And lucky future readers. This funny, beautiful book will always be with us. Maxine Hong Kingston
Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage . . . and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one. Bebe Moore Campbell, The New York Times Book Review
Marvelous . . . spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisneros s storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world. San Francisco Cronicle
A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant. . . . Like the best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted word. Miami Herald
Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brillant of today s young writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuanceful . . . rich with music and picture. Gwendolyn Books