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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400034051
ISBN-139781400034055
eBay Product ID (ePID)6048271
Product Key Features
Book TitleVintage Cisneros
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicHispanic & Latino, Short Stories (Single Author), General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorSandra Cisneros
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-057196
Dewey Edition0
SynopsisVintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers: The celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street "knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long time to come" ( The Washington Post Book World ) . A winner of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature and the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, Sandra Cisneros evokes working-class Latino experience with an irresistible mix of realism and lyrical exuberance. Vintage Cisneros features an excerpt from her bestselling novel The House on Mango Street , which has become a favorite in school classrooms across the country. Also included are a chapter from her novel, Caramelo ; a generous selection of poems from My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman ; and seven stories from her award-winning collection Woman Hollering Creek ., Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. "Sandra Cisneros knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long time to come." -- The Washington Post Book World A winner of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature and the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, Sandra Cisneros evokes working-class Latino experience with an irresistible mix of realism and lyrical exuberance. Vintage Cisneros features an excerpt from her bestselling novel The House on Mango Street , which has become a favorite in school classrooms across the country. Also included are a chapter from her novel, Caramelo ; a generous selection of poems from My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman ; and seven stories from her award-winning collection Woman Hollering Creek .