The House on Mango Street
By Sandra Cisneros
- Release Date: 1991-04-03
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.
“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.” —The New York Times Book Review
The House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."
Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.
Reviews
We must never forget where we come from!
4By Adri_mb88I love this book. This is the second time that I read it because of the great memories that come to my mind. As a Latin woman, the Three Sisters is one of my favorite chapters because it is very sincere. I feel that many people may be identified with Esperanza, especially those who had been raised in a poor neighborhood or suffered discrimination because of its social and/or economic disadvantages. We must never forget where we come from!Great Summer Read !
5By ChicyetCheapI bought this book over a month ago and just started reading this week and have already finished it. Each chapter has about two pages, maybe three at the most. These compositions of short stories cover topics such as domestic violence, gentrification, prejudice, sexual assault, etc.as
2By JoeysPop72c de sex🏈🏈🏈😭🏈👎🏻👊🏻👊🏻👎🏻👊🏻👊🏻👍🏻👊👎🏻Amazing
5By Shahid katharevousa qwertyWonderfulGreat!
3By Destiny cutieA great book but very hard to follow at times. I did overall enjoy the book0 stars
4By I am nit happy right nowTerrible just talks about a girl who wants a new house because the one she got isn’t good enough she should be grateful.Trash
1By Gaben NuleI would’ve given it 0 stars if I could. Just random uninteresting stories. Also if you get the audiobook the authors voice is really annoying sounds like a little kid rambling, no wonder she wrote this piece of trash. I only finished this book because my school made me. Absolute trash don’t waste anytime with this book..
1By physicslover1234567890This book kinda blowsGarbage
1By Hownot2 pl47None of it makes sense it’s just non sense spewed from a child. I hated every second of this book.Bad book bad!
1By Sofia_sapoThis book was terrible. Had no point, very idiotic chapters, I didn’t not like it, nor do I recommend it!!