The House on Mango Street - Couverture souple

Cisneros, Sandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0072435178 ISBN 13 : 9780072435177

Editeur : McGraw-Hill College, 2000

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“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

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Cisneros is the author of the novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo, a collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek, a book of poetry Loose Woman, and a children's book Hairs/Pelitos. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill College
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0072435178
• ISBN 13: 9780072435177
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible