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The House on Mango Street
 

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

2 cassettes / Approx. 2 1/2 hours
Unabridged, and read by the Author

"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 of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Listen as Sandra Cisneros brings to life The House on Mango Street, her... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  short stories,  latino,  coming of age,  memoir (all tags)

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  • Alizabeth S

    alizabeth s said:

    “Such beautiful prose. Possibly the best YA book I've ever read. And I've read a lot. I love how the story is told in short Vignettes. What did you love about it?”

    posted Sunday, October 5 2008
  • BL D

    bl d said:

    “It's great writing -- careful, professional writing. I wonder, though, that maybe it perpetuates a negative stereotype that if you're mexican-american, you are automatically stuck in lower socio-economic land and even if you move up in the world, your near-peasant status comes back to haunt you.”

    posted Thursday, June 26 2008
  • beonlyone

    beonlyone said:

    “I dont think you have to be latino to understand it or to like it. I think anyone who has felt out of place, or just doesnt seem to fit, will understand this girl.”

    posted Saturday, May 17 2008
  • Marianne F

    marianne f said:

    “This book speaks to a specific audience, but I believe it can be enjoyed by Non-Latinos. Cisneros has a style all her own. I"d also like to know why keyblader erica thought it was "sucky". Could you elaborate?”

    posted Saturday, May 17 2008
  • primadonna20

    primadonna20 said:

    “I loved this book, although I was already a fan of Sandra Cisneros before I read it. I really liked the unique style, using vignettes instead of a regular narrative. I've been experimenting with it in my own writing. Anyway, she really captured the essence of her characters and the difficulties of their lives. Beautiful.”

    posted Thursday, May 15 2008
  • Keyblader Erika

    keyblader erika said:

    “it was a suckky book”

    posted Thursday, May 15 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Silas S

    silas s said:

    “idk. i didnt think this book was too great. it is way overrated”

    posted Tuesday, May 6 2008
  • Roque C

    roque c said:

    “it was really sad and good at the same time”

    posted Tuesday, April 29 2008
  • Charis W

    charis w said:

    “This book is centered around a girl named Esperanza as she takes you into her life growing up in Chicago. She is latino and she and her family doen't have that much money. They keep moving to diffrent houses because they can't afford to keep living in a house of their own. They meet some strange people when they move to their different houses. This book has a lot of symbolism and really takes you into the mind of a young child growing up in a poor part of Chicago who is Latino. She dreams of a better life for herself and keeps telling herself that she's going to be somebody instead of the people in her family and living in her neighborhood.”

    posted Friday, March 7 2008
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