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Book DescriptionVintage 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

This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.

Sandra Cisneros has a fondness for animals and this little gem of a story makes that abundantly clear. “La casa azul,” the cobalt blue residence of Mister and Missus Rivera, overflows with hairless dogs, monkeys, a fawn, a “passionate” Guacamaya macaw, tarantulas, an iguana, and rescues that resemble “ancient Olmec pottery.” Missus loves the rescues most “because their eyes were filled with grief.” She takes lavish care of her husband too, a famous artist, though her neighbors insist he has eyes for other women: “He’s spoiled.” “He’s a fat toad.” She cannot reject him. “…because love is like that. No matter how much it bites, we enjoy and admire the scars.” Thus, the generous creatures pawing her belly, sleeping on her pillow, and “kneeling outside her door like the adoring Magi before the just-born Christ.” This beautiful chapbook is bi-lingual and contains several illustrations―line drawings by Cisneros herself.

A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street.

It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a woman artist. These bluntly honest and often humorous meditations on memory, desire, and the essential nature of love blaze a path toward self-awareness. For Cisneros, Woman Without Shame is the culmination of her search for home--in the Mexico of her ancestors and in her own heart.

Что делает нас такими, какие мы есть? Окружение? Но если оно тебе совсем не нравится, можно ли из него вырваться? Что для этого требуется? Чикаго, бедный иммигрантский район, конец ХХ века. Эсперанса стыдится дома на Манговой улице, в котором живет со своей огромной шумной семьей, она мечтает скорее вырасти, сбежать из родного города и стать писательницей. Эсперанса наблюдает за соседями: их жизнь очень трудна, но они каким-то чудом умудряются быть счастливыми. Хотя в этом нет ничего странного, нищета – это ничто, если ты силен духом, не поддаешься грусти, стремишься к свободе и верен мечтам.

Каждое лето большая семья Лалы Рейес отправляется в долгожданное путешествие из Чикаго в Мехико – в дом Маленького Дедули и Ужасной Бабули. Лала с интересом наблюдает за отношениями родных, часто по-детски приукрашивает события и выдумывает небылицы. Девочка изо всех сил хочет понять, как устроен ее мир, пытается выяснить причины, по которым Ужасная Бабуля стала такой ужасной и всю жизнь играла роль ведьмы из самых страшных сказок. Но больше всего Лала стремится обрести собственный голос среди сотни других: громких, перебивающих, более уверенных и сильных. В конце концов поиски ответов на эти вопросы, подобно пестрому узору на знаменитой…

The internationally acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street gives us a deeply moving tale of loss, grief, and healing: a lyrically told, richly illustrated fable for grown-ups about a woman’s search for a cat who goes missing in the wake of her mother’s death.

The word “orphan” might not seem to apply to a fifty-three-year-old woman. Yet this is exactly how Sandra feels as she finds herself motherless, alone like “a glove left behind at the bus station.” What just might save her is her search for someone else gone missing: Marie, the black-and-white cat of her friend, Roz, who ran off the day they arrived from Tacoma. As Sandra and Roz scour the streets of San Antonio, posting flyers and asking everywhere, “Have you seen Marie?” the pursuit of this one small creature takes on unexpected urgency and meaning. With full-color illustrations that bring this transformative quest to vivid life, Have You Seen Marie? showcases a beloved author’s storytelling magic, in a tale that reminds us how love, even when it goes astray, does not stay lost forever.