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The House on Mango Street

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros

By Sandra Cisneros
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By Sandra Cisneros
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Category: Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction

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Paperback $12.95

Apr 03, 1991 | ISBN 9780679734772

Hardcover $30.00

Apr 26, 1994 | ISBN 9780679433354

Ebook $9.99

Apr 30, 2013 | ISBN 9780345807199

Audiobook Download $7.49

Aug 30, 2005 | 139 Minutes

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    About The House on Mango Street

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic, 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.

    The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros’ masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

    “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

    About The House on Mango Street

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic, 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.

    The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros’ masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

    “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

    About The House on Mango Street

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic, 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.

    The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros’ masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

    “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

    About The House on Mango Street

    In hardcover for the first time–on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication–the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through its multiple characters.

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    Also by Sandra Cisneros

    The House on Mango Street
    Woman Without Shame
    Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
    A House of My Own
    My Wicked Wicked Ways
    See all books by Sandra Cisneros

    Also by Sandra Cisneros

    The House on Mango Street
    Woman Without Shame
    Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo
    A House of My Own
    My Wicked Wicked Ways
    See all books by Sandra Cisneros

    About Sandra Cisneros

    SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National… More about Sandra Cisneros

    About Sandra Cisneros

    SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National… More about Sandra Cisneros

    About Sandra Cisneros

    SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National… More about Sandra Cisneros

    About Sandra Cisneros

    SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National… More about Sandra Cisneros

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $12.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 03, 1991 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679734772

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $30.00
    Published by Knopf
    Apr 26, 1994 | 160 Pages | 5-3/16 x 6-1/2 | ISBN 9780679433354

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 30, 2013 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780345807199

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $7.49
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 30, 2005 | 139 Minutes | ISBN 9780739322819
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    Praise

    “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.” —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 Chronicle
     
    “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 Brooks

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