Inscribed advance review copy for the Vintage Contemporaries edition of this landmark of Chicano literature and Cisneros's most acclaimed work.
Very good plus.
Price: $300.00
"Cisneros taps into the truth of what so many Latinx young people and their families face" — Elizabeth Acevedo, author of the National Book Award winner The Poet X
A candid exploration of Latinx culture through the eyes of a young Chicana in America, told through a series of vignettes following a Mexican-American girl navigating poverty, gender roles, and cultural identity in the Hispanic community of Chicago. Cisneros's novel was received with critical acclaim by both critics and the Latinx diaspora, occasioning a new wave of Chicano literature with Cisneros as its most well known figure.
Read more: Kerri Jarema, "How Sandra Cisneros's 'House On Mango Street' Influenced 5 Latinx Authors," 2/20/24, BUSTLE.
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1991. 5.25" x 8". Original pictorial wrappers. 110 pages. Inscribed by Cisneros on title page in black ink: "Para el Fernando, con esperanza, Sandra Cisneros / 3.28.92 / Rockville." Minor toning to wrappers, light edgewear, else clean.
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