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From Publishers Weekly
Esperanza Cordero, a girl coming of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, uses poems and stories to express thoughts and emotions about her oppressive environment. (Apr.)no PW review
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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“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
—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
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5.0 out of 5 stars
mango,
This review is from: The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
I picked this up on a whim and I couldn't stop reading it. Ultimately a sad tale with sprinkles of humor and wanting in between. Good book for anyone that wants to read a tale that feels so real.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Juicy,
By Cannesta, Mike (Bristol) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
My favorite quality of Cisneros's work is her precision. By this I mean, her ability to give a brief yet descriptive account of a portion of her life. For instance, "The house on Mango Street is ours, and we don't have to pay rent to anybody, or share the yard with the people downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise, and there isn't a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom. But even so, it's not the house we'd thought we'd get." This is a brief yet very descriptive family, from these fifty six word we learn that her family is of low income, they are making progress in the world of economics, that she has very high hopes, and she is disappointed that these hopes have not been met. Yet even though she is disappointed she is very thankful for what her and her family have. Another quote to support my position, is the entire chapter/metaphor of "My Name". This entire chapter is one huge metaphor, she is comparing her name to all that she wants her name to be, everything she doesn't want her name to be, why she likes her name, and why she despises of it. In this chapter Cisneros captured my attention with opening line, "In English my name means hope." At this point as the reader you're captivated by the intriguingness of the statement. Almost like she has taken a statement and stated it as if it were a question. I immediately found myself asking, What is she hopeful for?, upon reading the opening remark. The only thing that I did not enjoy about the book was that many of the chapters were irrelevant and not interesting to me as the reader. I feel as though some of the chapters were thrown in there just to take up space. The chapter about hair, for instance, I found very random and not pertaining to much of the rest of the book. One thing that I had mixed feelings about was the significant lack of a plot. At times you think this is boring, what is her point, wow this is out the blue. However, I have found that this type of writing is more captivating to the audience, and in fact more is learned by using this structure of writing.
3.0 out of 5 stars
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By Gus the Goldfish (Fishbowl, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
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