The House on Mango Street: Introduction by John Phillip Santos (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

ISBN: 1101908467

Author: Cisneros, Sandra

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A 40th anniversary hardcover edition of Sandra Cisneross beloved coming-of-age novel about a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, with a new introduction by John Phillip SantosThe House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. In English my name means hope, she says. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous-Cisneross masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewiss Main Street or Toni Morrisons Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. Acclaimed by critics, a staple in schools, translated into dozens of languages, this gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling ones story and of being proud of where you're from.Everymans Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the authors life and times.