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The House on Mango Street
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LENGTH2 hrs and 18 mins
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RELEASE DATE09-02-05
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics.
Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong, not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.
This audiobook is also available in Spanish.
©1984 Sandra Cisneros; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"Cisneros 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." (The New York Times Book Review)
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What Members Say
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"Spare yourself"
Dear God. The narration fits the book quite well, by which I mean Cisneros comes across as trying very hard to sound like a child and fails at making it seem natural. I'm unimpressed by this book as a book (and yes, I do "get it," I just think other authors have made the same points in less predictable, more nuanced, more compelling ways) but Cisneros' simpering little-girl voice grates on your ears and makes the 2 hours of this book feel like 20.
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"it's excellent, but may be best in paper"
I taught this book while at Wabash College. The white students from Indiana (with little background in diversity) had a good deal of trouble understanding it, and I did a lot of explaining. However, I found it interesting that an Indian-American student (as in eastern Asia) understood perfectly the tensions and problems of living in two cultures that the author presents.
My grandmother is from Sonora Mexico. I grew up in Phoenix. I'd long heard about this book while in the Southwest. The author nails many of the things one understands and grows up with, yet somehow is never part of, or drifts away from. If you've ever felt yourself in two worlds, you will enjoy this book. If you have Latin heritage, you must read this book! And, this may be a case where reading the paper version is better than the audio version. When I read it on paper, I imagined all of those local dialects and sounds in my past, some of them as my aunts' voices. I believe my experience reading the paper version the book was richer because the sounds in my memory were entangled in the reading experience. The end was very moving.11 of 13 people found this review helpful -
"mexican chick review"
What made the experience of listening to The House on Mango Street the most enjoyable?I enjoyed hearing about the no pretty side of growing up...I personally was raised in the middle class....so could not really relate to some of the problems. I enjoyed hearing the stories and believe more stories like these need to be told. We hear a lot about the problems African Americans face so it is nice to hear so of the problems faced being raised Mexican american.
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"mango st / english reading"
I used this novel in my ESL class this year. I did several types of reading lessons with it, and for the last half of the book, students followed along to the audio book. It went really well. The book is pretty good - it's about a Mexican girl growing up in America and her hopes for her future. It isn't a traditional story telling. This book is made up of shorter stories in order - all shape Esperanza's life though.
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"Interesting Symbolic Approach to Literature"
Where does The House on Mango Street rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?This was my first and I really liked it. Mostly because I can listen in my car on my long drive to school. This way I can use that time wisely instead of having to find time in my schedule to sit down and read the book, which is hard for me.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The House on Mango Street?The Non-typo
Have you listened to any of Sandra Cisneros’s other performances before? How does this one compare?I have not yet listened to any of her other books.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?The Red clowns and in the garden
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"Terrible Narrator"
I've read this book before and wanted to hear it to remind myself about it before the author comes to our town for a book reading. I won't be going to the book reading because I found her voice so annoying that I couldn't get through the audiobook. Whoever told her to read her books herself did her a great disservice, imho.
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