The House on Mango Street (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Sandra Cisneros
- First Published: 1984
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Class conflict, Racism, Sexism, Adolescence, Abused persons, Yards or backyards, Class consciousness, Writing, Chicago, Ethnic groups, Violence, Women’s issues, Multiculturalism, Mexican Americans, Mexico or Mexicans, Bilingualism, Latinos
- Locales: Chicago, IL
The Work
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, speaks in an adolescent Chicana’s voice of coming-of-age in a poor Chicago neighborhood in the mid-twentieth century. Cisneros’ first book of fiction received immediate acclaim, becoming a widely studied text in schools and universities.
The novella consists of sketches, each exploring some aspect of the experiences of the narrator, Esperanza Cordero, after her family moves into a house of their own. These sketches are drawn from Cisneros’ own life; her family moved into a Puerto Rican neighborhood on...
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