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 becomeTold 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 pageShe is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review


Format Häftad Omfång 110 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Random House USA Inc Utgivningsdatum 1991-04-03 ISBN 9780679734772