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Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, <b>The House on Mango Street</b> is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, <b>The House on Mango Street</b> tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong--not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.
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LA Casa En Mango Street/the House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
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- Released
- 1995
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- LA Casa En Mango Street/the House on Mango Street
- Authors
- Sandra Cisneros
- Publisher
- Aims Intl Books Corp
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 9995593432
- ISBN13
- 9789995593438
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Family, Women, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, 20th century, American Literature, School, Feminism, Coming Of Age, Latin American Literature, Latin America, 1980s
- Description
- Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, <b>The House on Mango Street</b> is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, <b>The House on Mango Street</b> tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong--not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.