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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679734775 Release Date: 1991-04-03 |
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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.
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La casa en Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679755268 Release Date: 1994-10-18 |
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La novela mejor vendida, trata de una niña que crece en una de las comunidades latinas de Chicago-algunas veces le romperá el corazón y otras veces le dará gran alegría-describe un nuevo paisaje americano a través de sus múltiples personajes. -"Una novela profundamente conmovedora . . . Como lo mejor de la poesía, abre las ventanas del corazón sin desperdiciar las palabras." -Miami Herald.
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Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679742581 Release Date: 2003-09-09 |
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Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros's first novel since her celebrated The House on Mango Street, weaves a large yet intricate pattern, much like the decorative fringe on a rebozo, the traditional Mexican shawl. Through the eyes of young Celaya, or Lala, the Reyes family saga twists and turns over three generations of truths, half-truths, and outright lies. And, like Celaya's grandmother's prized caramelo (striped) rebozo, so is "the universe a cloth, and all humanity interwoven.... Pull one string and the whole thing comes undone." The Reyes clan, from Awful Grandmother Soledad and her favorite son Inocencio to Celaya, follow their destinies from Mexico City to the U.S. armed forces, jobs upholstering furniture, and to Chicago and San Antonio. Celaya gathers and retells, in over 80 chapters, the stories that reinforce her family's, and subsequently her own, identity as they travel between the U.S.-Mexican border and within the United States. Rich with sensory descriptions and animated conversations and peppered with Mexican cultural and historical details, this novel can hardly contain itself. Also an acclaimed poet, Cisneros writes fiercely and thoroughly, and her characters enter and exit the page with uncommon humanity. Although the book is long--over 400 pages plus a relevant U.S.-Mexico chronology--in many ways it's not long enough. The world of the 20th-century Mexican family, and of the Reyeses in particular, is as complicated, timeless, and satisfying as our own family stories. --Emily RussinBook Description
Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers--packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of her brothers and to understand her place on this side of the border and that, Lala is a shrewd observer of family life. But when she starts telling the Awful Grandmother's life story, seeking clues to how she got to be so awful, grandmother accuses Lala of exaggerating. Soon, a multigenerational family narrative turns into a whirlwind exploration of storytelling, lies, and life. Like the cherished rebozo, or shawl, that has been passed down through generations of Reyes women, Caramelo is alive with the vibrations of history, family, and love.Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Novel.......2007-05-25
Caramelo, an American Dream.......2007-04-22
Simply wonderful.......2007-01-06
brilla con muchos colores.......2006-11-16
Enchanting and real.......2006-11-15
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Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679738568 Release Date: 1992-03-03 |
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A collection of stories, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.
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Family Pictures, 15th Anniversary Edition / Cuadros de Familia, Edición Quinceañera
Manufacturer: Children's Book Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 089239207X |
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Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fourteen vignettes of art and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican American culture.The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong sense of family and community. For Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and traditions. For others, this work offers insights into a beautifully rich community.
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Hairs/Pelitos
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Dragonfly Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679890076 Release Date: 1997-11-25 |
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This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.
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El arroyo de la Llorona y otros cuentos
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679768041 Release Date: 1996-09-03 |
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The highly acclaimed short story collection by the author of The House on Mango Street is now available in a Spanish edition. El arroyo de La Llorana brings to life an astonishing array of characters and, like La casa en Mango Street, promises to become a book that will be cherished around the world. "Radiant."--New York Times Book Review.Customer Reviews:
Another great book by Sandra Cisneros!.......2000-06-11
Cisneros.......2000-03-30
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Loose Woman: Poems
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679755276 Release Date: 1995-03-14 |
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A candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection of poetry that celebrates the female aspects of love, from the reflective to the overtly erotic. "Poignant, sexy. . . lyrical, passionate. . . cool and delicate. . . hot as a chili pepper."--Boston Globe.
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My Wicked Wicked Ways
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Knopf ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679418210 Release Date: 1992-11-17 |
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Hailed as "not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one" (The New York Times Book Review), Sandra Cisneros has firmly established herself as an author of electrifying talent. Here are verses, comic and sad, radiantly pure and plainspoken, that reveal why her stories have been praised for their precision and musicality of language.
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Woman Hollering Creek
Sandra Cisneros Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0747560889 |
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