It's not always that a luscious writer can be a luscious reader of her own work. This must be the voice she hears in her head when she writes her magical prose."-Julia Alvarez, author ofHow the Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsListen as Sandra Cisneros brings to lifeThe House on Mango Street, her 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.The House on Mango Streettells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard 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.This timeless classic is now available, for the first time, unabridged.
About the Author
SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, novelist, essayist, performer, and
artist. Her awards include NEA fellowships in poetry and fiction, a MacArthur
Fellowship, the PEN America Literary Award, the National Medal of Arts, the
Ford Foundation s Art of Change Fellowship, and the PEN/Nabokov Award for
Achievement in International Literature. A citizen of the United States and
Mexico, Cisneros lives in San Miguel de Allende.
JOHN PHILLIP SANTOS, born in San Antonio, Texas,
is the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar. His awards include the Academy
of American Poets’ Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. His
articles on Latino culture have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New
York Times, and the San Antonio Express-News.
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