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The House on Mango Street Paperback – April 3, 1991

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Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.

Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

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110 pages
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English
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Vintage
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April 3, 1991
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5.2 x 0.4 x 7.98 inches
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9780679734772
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978-0679734772
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870L
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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
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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

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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.

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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.

About the Author

Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, several honorary doctorates and national and international book awards, including Chicago’s Fifth Star Award, the PEN Center USA Literary Award, and the National Medal of the Arts awarded to her by President Obama in 2016. Most recently, she received the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized among The Frederick Douglass 200, and was awarded the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.

Her classic, coming-of-age novel, The House on Mango Street, has sold over six million copies, has been translated into over twenty languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and universities across the nation.

In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two non-profits she founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. She is also the organizer of Los MacArturos, Latino MacArthur fellows who are community activists. Her literary papers are preserved in Texas at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.

Sandra Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico and earns her living by her pen. She currently lives in San Miguel de Allende.

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Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0679734775
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage (April 3, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780679734772
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679734772
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 870L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.98 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction
- #6 in Cultural Heritage Fiction
- #14 in Short Stories (Books)

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DOES NOT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE...

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2019

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I finally decided to read this highly acclaimed book, and, I confess that I was disappointed. Brief vignettes depicting life in a poor neighborhood from the viewpoint of the Latina author, while coming of age, just did not do it for me. Nor did I find it all that interesting, however novel the approach. As a Latina, myself, I was predisposed to find it of interest, but all I found was that the Emporer did not have any clothes. The bottom line is that I simply did not particularly like the book.

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Scott Williams

A great, short read

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2017

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The House on Mango Street is an novella holding a beautiful story of a unique girl told in an intriguing way. The book breaks from standard storytelling procedures and instead tells the story of a young girl, Esperanza, growing up on Mango Street by way of short vignettes. Some heartwarming, some terrifying, these vignettes tell the story of a girl trying to discover who she is and how to live in the world around her.
One major struggle seen throughout the novella is that of self-definition, as every decision Esperanza makes is underscored by her struggle to define herself. In the beginning of the novel, she desperately tries to escape the identity that has been given to her by her family; she wishes she could “baptize herself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees.” Because Esperanza doesn’t even know who she herself is yet, she tries to forge an identity for herself from everything that she thinks she should be like. One such attempt is her pursuit to try to be like Sally, “the girl with eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke.” However, she soon finds that she is not Sally, and she can’t force herself to be more like her. Ultimately, the subsequent journey of acceptance throughout the novella leads her to discovering how to define herself. She learns to accept where she is from, and even though she knows that “one day [she] will go away,” she will always be the girl from the house on Mango Street.
From her struggle of self-definition to many other issues she faces in the book, Esperanza is a strong and complex heroin to this strong and complex novella. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novella, and I give it four out of five stars. I thought it was a great read, but it did not deeply move me in the way a five star book would.

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Gabrielle

The House on Mango Street is everything!

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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Hello there! 💖 I read this book in school when I was a kid which was cool but reading it now is even better! I love Sandra Cisneros, I even saw her speak when she was in San Francisco over a decade ago. I have read her other books, as well as her terrific and beautiful poetry. I can't wait to buy her "My Wicked, Wicked Ways". The House on Mango Street is amazing and eye-opening. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Being part Mexican, I can relate as I see anyone else would. Thank you for reading this review.

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Megan Sargent

At only 110 pages she expresses happiness and sadness

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2018

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I was surprised I had never read The House on Mango Street since it has been on so many required reading lists! Told from the point of view of a young girl, in short vignettes, is an interesting way to learn about her world. If you haven’t read it, add it to your list and if you haven’t read it since you were a kid, reread it! The stories will be a little different this time, your point of view as an adult will look at her stories differently!

Esperanza is a young Latina girl growing up on Chicago. At only 110 pages she expresses happiness and sadness. But she really writes about what freedom means to her and what feeling oppressed is like. 🏡

If you have ever watched the show Jane the Virgin, she is a young Latina writer and I can see some comparisons from the book. Then in season 4 she actually talks about this book and other strong Latina female writers. That is when it reminded me, I needed to read this!

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Muffy Mac-D

No story/ unrelated poems

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020

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Although I was looking forward to reading this book, I have to say, I’m disappointed. No story line. More like poetry. Not very captivating. Maybe I didn’t read the overview well. Would have liked it to be a story . Short non related pieces of poetry about things a young girl saw or experienced while lining in a Latino community. The short disconnected pieces of poetry could have been a good story, but instead were too short to really get you interested.
I was fooled by the wrote up on the cover. Someone really wanted this book to get published. The vignettes were so short and in poetry that none were touching or heartbreaking. Not a good book at all. So disconnected and random.

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Ohio Customer

AUDIBLE version doesn't match book

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018

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This is a review of the AUDIBLE version only. The Audible version does not match up with the book even though it says "unabridged". I bought it to help my dyslexic children listen and follow along while reading; the book/audible version were completely different. Thank you audible for allowing me to return the book.

Some seem to be annoyed by her voice - I always find it interesting when an author reads her own words.

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Rachel Walker

Loved this!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2019

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A very quick but a very compelling read - I absolutely loved the use of vignettes throughout the book, and I honestly couldn't put it down. Evocative, beautifully written and a very important look at the intersection of ethnicity and class in American fiction.

Tab

Didn’t connect with this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2020

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I’m sure this is to my discredit, but I just didn’t get this. To be fair, I thought it was autobiographical when I ordered it, and it turns out to be fictional. But the way it is written just doesn’t work for me.

Elizabeth Scrase

Great little book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2017

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Great little book. Take it as a coming of age story almost like a lazy diary. It is written with a accent so some of the phrasing will require understanding but it projects authenticity.

Essential read if you enjoy flash fiction and short stories. The way the author writes condenses so much into so little. Clever, thought provoking and an education.

Definitely worth it.

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Becky H

Vibrant Vignettes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2021

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Impeccable and raw, this is an absolute must-read.

Camilla Sørensen

A strong leading character!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2014

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A really touching novel about a child who tries to find her way in life. In this novel you will meet a lot of strong women identities, but also a lot of suppressed ones, which gives a good picture of the life they must go through in their search for the American Dream. Esperanza is a strong character, whom you will fall in love with in no time.

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