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Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street 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, The House on Mango Street 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.
Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street 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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A beautiful series of short vignettes about the life of Esperanza, a young Chicano woman with dreams of something better. Heartbreaking, joyful - I love this book!
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Not what I expected, but a beautiful book from start to finish.
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I hated this book. It is a collection of exceptionally stupid and boring poetry. However if that sort of thing intrests you this may be a good fit.
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This book grips the reader from the beginning and doesn't let go. Instead of traditional linear story telling, her life is told in scenes and vignettes. This book is beautifully written and should be read by everyone ages 14 and up. It is a unique look into the life of an Hispanic American girl.
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I really enjoyed this book, wonderful stories.
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Excellent book! Great story, I have never read another book like it.
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A wonderful memoir of a child in a small ethnically diverse community. Very heartfelt and honest.
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Good book..just not my reading style.
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One of my all-time favorite books! Cisneros has a beautiful, unique style!
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"Vigorous, punch and imagistic. Cisneros knows exactly what she's after in her narrative -- and achieves it with admirable grace." -- San Antonio Express-News.
"Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brilliant of today's young writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuancefull...rich with music and picture." --Gwendolyn Brooks
Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence... is the story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.
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Yvonne this was a cute book by sandra cisneros.. i love her work
A girl coming of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, uses poems and stories to express thoughts and emotions about her oppressive environment.
Cynthia S. (The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, is a series of prose vignettes (with a little bit of poetry thrown in) that chronicles a pre-teenaged girl, Esperanza, growing up on Mango Street in Chicago. The prose is beautifully written, the stories hauntingly sad at times. Each chapter is only 1 to 3 pages long, each describing the people and places that Esperanza encounters. The overriding theme of the book is how Esperanza belongs but doesn't want to belong to Mango Street. She is and is not Mango Street.
Overall, I'd rate this book a 9 out of 10, and I plan to keep it on my bookshelf for the time being.
"Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET 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 school to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-or-age classics." (back cover)
A series of vingnettes forms a novel of a young girs growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. You chronicle the life of a young girl coming into her power and inventing for herself what she will become.
Krista m M. (pretty good, very fast read, I liked the writing style
I didn't like this book very much. There are notes on some of the pages. I guess the person before did it
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