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English
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"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a literary legend's life and career. From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico, in a region where "my ancestors lived for centuries," the places Sandra Cisneros has lived...
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A novel of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Her neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her.
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
Español
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"La abuela de Lala Reyes es descendiente de una familia de renombrados fabricantes de rebozo o mantón. El rebozo caramelo rayado es el más hermoso de todos, y el que se abre paso, como la historia familiar que ha llegado a representar, a Lala. posesión. La novela comienza con el viaje anual en automóvil de los Reyes -una caravana llena de niños, risas y riñas- de Chicago al "otro lado": Ciudad de México. Es allí, cada año, donde Lala escucha...
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Publisher
Penguin Random Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"The House on Mango Street tells the extraordinary story of Esperanza Cordero. Told through a series of vignettes -- sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyful -- this is the tale of a Latin girl who grows up in a Chicago neighborhood, discovering for herself what and who she will become. There are only a few books in this era that have touched so many readers."--Provided by publisher.
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