SANDRA CISNEROS
u003cbu003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER u003cbu003eu003c/bu003e A coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the worldfrom the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e The u003ciu003eHouse on Mango Streetu003c/iu003e is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros' masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eCisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage ... and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one. u003ciu003eThe New York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e
