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Caramelo

CAROL A. CUJEC (REVIEW DATE MARCH 2003)

SOURCE: Cujec, Carol A. "Caramel-Coated Truths and Telenovela Lives: Sandra Cisneros Returns with an Ambitious Novel about the Latino Community." World &I 18, no. 3 (March 2003): 228.

In the following review, Cujec compliments Cisneros's storytelling in Caramelo and studies the novel's portrayal of the choices available to Chicana women past and present, illustrating the importance of decision-making on women's self-determination.

In her new novel Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros bathes our senses in Latino culture as we accompany her characters walking the scorched sands of Acapulco, buying shoes at Chicago's Maxwell Street flea market, listening to a grandmother complain about the mangoes, and eventually finding their destinies and their destinations. Caramelo...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Primary Sources
   1. Sandra Cisneros (Essay Date 1996)
4. General Commentary
   1. Deborah L. Madsen (Essay Date 2000)
5. Title Commentary
   1. The House on Mango Street
   2. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
   3. Caramelo
6. Further Reading
7. Copyright

1. Feminism
2. Sandra Cisneros