Los Angeles Times

‘Cisneros writes from the heart of a child — bluntly and truthfully … Everyone needs this book’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Independent

'Memorable … the voice is unmistakable' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

New York Times Book Review

‘She is not only a gifted writer but an absolutely essential one’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Book Description

Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House on Mango Street is the story of Esperanza Cordera, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza, Mango Street is a desolate landscape of concrete and run-down tenements where she discovers the hard realities of life - the fetters of class and gender, the spectre of racial enmity and the mysteries of sexuality. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, Esperanza is able to rise above hopelessness and create for herself "a house all of my own quiet as snow, a space for myself to go" in the midst of her oppressive surroundings. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Synopsis

The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.

From the Publisher

Over three million copies sold worldwide, this is the classic first novel by the author of Caramelo --This text refers to the Paperback edition.