Description
Told through a series of vibrant vignettes, this novel follows Esperanza Cordero, 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 encounters the hard realities of life, including the constraints of class and gender, the spectre of racial hostility and the mysteries of sexuality. Through poems and stories that capture her thoughts and emotions, Esperanza rises above hopelessness and creates for herself “a house all of my own quiet as snow, a space for myself to go” amid her oppressive surroundings.
Information
Author: Cisneros Sandra
Language: English
Publication date: July 19, 2004
Manufacturer: Folio, spol.s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 128
ISBN/EAN: 9780747560876

