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House of My Own : Stories from My Life by Sandra Cisneros (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10038535133X
ISBN-139780385351331
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038263689
Product Key Features
Book TitleHouse of My Own : Stories from My Life
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Women Authors, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Women's Studies, Books & Reading, Essays
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
AuthorSandra Cisneros
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight26.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-007520
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"Charming, tender: a warm, gently told memoir, assembled from essays, talks, tributes to artists and writers, and poems . . . Cisneros chronicles the creation of [ The House on Mango Street ], begun in graduate school at the University of Iowa when she was 22, and completed on the Greek island of Hydra in a whitewashed house with 'thick walls and rounded corners, as if carved from feta cheese.' Homes feature in many pieces: the apartments her family moved into, always looking for cheaper rent; the house they finally bought, where the author had a closet-sized bedroom; her house in San Antonio that she painted purple, raising objections from the city's Historic Commission. Besides reflecting on her writing, Cisneros discloses a period of severe depression when she was 33; a tantalizing family secret; and eulogies for her parents. The making of a Latina writer." -- Kirkus
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.54 B
SynopsisFrom the author of The House on Mango Street, a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography--an intimate album of a beloved literary legend. From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico in a region where "my ancestors lived for centuries," the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, where she could truly take root, has eluded her. With this collection--spanning three decades, and including never-before-published work--Cisneros has come home at last. Ranging from the private (her parents' loving and tempestuous marriage) to the political (a rallying cry for one woman's liberty in Sarajevo) to the literary (a tribute to Marguerite Duras), and written with her trademark lyricism, these signature pieces recall transformative memories as well as reveal her defining artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, deeply moving, this is an exuberant celebration of a life in writing lived to the fullest.
LC Classification NumberPS3553.I78Z46 2015
