Product details
ISBN
9780747560876
Published
2004-07-19
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author
Biographical note
Sandra Cisneros is the author of two novels and a book of short stories, all of which are published by Bloomsbury.'Cisneros writes from the heart of a child - bluntly and truthfully ... Everyone needs this book' Los Angeles Times 'Memorable ... the voice is unmistakable' Independent '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' New York Times Book Review 'Marvellous ... 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 Chronicle
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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A novel by the author of "Caramelo".
Sandra Cisneros' wonderful, poetic first novel, A classic of American literature Caramelo has sold over 9,000 copies in paperback so far.
Product details
ISBN
9780747560876
Published
2004-07-19
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128
Author