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The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries)

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A TODAY SHOW ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of- age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2025 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. “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 The 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—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage


Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 3, 1991


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 72


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.43 x 7.96 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction #8 in Cultural Heritage Fiction #13 in Short Stories (Books)


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    • Good book
Format: Paperback
Bought for my grandson. He enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2026 by Jana T.
    • Excellent Easy Read
Format: Paperback
A great book by a fabulous author. Easy read.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2026 by Elizabeth
    • Good, simple read
Format: Paperback
In A House on Mango Street, the author, Sandra Cisneros, describes the life of young Esperanza’s growing up in the rural area of Chicago. This book tastefully describes the hard topics of discrimination and assault but also is at some points hard to follow due to the vagueness in the chapters. In a summary, Esperanza, being a young hispanic girl in the 50’s was a very hard thing to go through. In her first job she was kissed by an old man who “[kissed her] hard on the mouth and [didn’t] let go,” for just one example (55). She lives on the poor side of friend and faces discrimination anywhere she goes. She goes through life experiencing assault, hardship, friendships, family issues and more. It is somewhat heartwarming and somewhat terrifying read. I really enjoyed the way the other wrote this book. The story is grouped into small anecdotes instead of the normal chronologically written books. Each chapter is 2-5 pages making the book a quick read. Although the book does not have much depth to it, it is a fascinating read and adds many topics that you would not expect to appear within this book. The author uses lots of great comparisons like “my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring.” This book was a good and simple read but did not hit me the way a 5 star book would so that is why I gave it 4 stars. I did not truly dislike any part of the book. I think it was a very nicely written book, tastefully covering a wide range of topics. Although like I previously mentioned, it is not a book of depth. It does cause much deep thinking and analyzing so if you are looking for a hard read this is not the book for you. But if you are looking for a easy and interesting read, A House on Mango Street is a great choice. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018 by Patrick Tickle
    • Esperanza hopes for a better one in the future and feels like she does ...
Format: Paperback
The House on Mango Street Book Review The House on Mango Street, a coming of age book by Sandra Cisneros that takes you through years in the life of Esperanza Cordero, while she is living on Mango Street in Chicago, Illinois. The book is written in many short stories or vignettes of two to three pages rather than one long novel of chapters. You learn who Esperanza is as she is figuring herself out. Although the house on Mango Street is an improvement from past houses. Esperanza hopes for a better one in the future and feels like she does not belong there. Esperanza has trouble defining herself. At the beginning of the book, she doesn't like her name and tries to defy everything she thinks she is “supposed” to be. Esperanza calls her name a “muddy color,” saying it means sadness and waiting. She was named after her great-grandmother, she had a life looking out the window. Esperanza had inherited her name but did not want to inherit the spot by the window. Esperanza meets many people throughout the book. Mamacita, who never leaves her house because she is frightened of English. Cathy, who is the “queen of cats,” Meme Ortiz, the man who moved into Cathy’s house when she moved out, Sally her best friend, and Nenny her younger sister. All these people taught Esperanza lessons about life and helped shape the impact Mango Street had on her. Throughout The House on Mango Street, Esperanza experiences a sexual awakening, in the beginning, she is very pure and will only interact with her brothers. But she witnesses her neighbors being abused and knows that she wants to get away from that. The “Monkey Garden” was a place felt safe and could be a kid, but that was then taken when some boys stole sally’s keys and made her kiss all of them to get them back. She then loses her innocence, after being raped by a man at the carnival when her friend Sally leaves her there. In the end, Esperanza talks to Alicia, a girl studying in college, and Alicia tells her that even if you do not like the house on Mango Street you will come back to it, no matter how ashamed you are of it now. Esperanza vows that she will leave Mango Street but will come back to it for the neighbors and friends. She could never forget where she came from. Esperanza has changed through this book and went from being a kid to becoming a young adult. I really enjoyed this book because it was an easy read, but there was a lot to take from it. The book gave me a new view on growing up in different neighborhoods, and the struggles others face that I do not. It teaches you what it is like to live life in a less desirable neighborhood. I would recommend this book to young readers or if you enjoy books about facing reality. The book was very touching and written in a unique way. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2018 by Amazon Customer
    • Good book!
Format: Paperback
This was a quick read for me and I enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2026 by Janet Robel
    • An engaging read
Format: Kindle
It is a short book, and could be read in a couple hours, but I took my time with it. I was absorbed by the poetic storytelling told within these pages, the life of the author as a young girl and woman growing up at her father’s house. Telling the story of the neighborhood denizens and their eventual outcomes, it provides a peek into what it was like living on the house on Mango Street. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2026 by Jose Delgado
    • Bien
Format: Paperback
Bien
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2026 by erwin valencia
    • A Teachable Experience, Textualized
Format: Paperback
House on Mango Street is told in a series of vignettes (descriptive and distinct narratives of short scenes or memories). Each chapter is its own vignette, and they can be as short as a few paragraphs to as long as a few pages. As someone with a short attention span, I love that this book changes its pace so frequently. The downside is that no single vignette is developed into an actual plot, so I don't get very committed to any characters. It's very hard to become attached, but I still ended up liking a lot of the characters which, given the amount of page time they have, is hard to pull off. The incredible thing is that each vignette still has such powerful themes and imagery. The imagery is where it's at. The figurative language used is so effective. The narrator herself is also very likable and dynamic. Even though each vignette can barely be called a storyline, they are still cohesive as a whole and become a plot in that way. Esperanza grows up through the good and the bad, and you really find yourself wishing her the best in the end. Use this book for children or struggling readers. It's not intimidating (since some chapters are literally a quarter of a page), and the ideas are easy to pick up even if the reader doesn't have the capacity to dig deeper and get more out of the book. The reason I gave it four out of five is just that I didn't fall head over heels for this book. It's just not my usual genre, and if it weren't for the brevity of each vignette, I would've been a little bored. However, that in itself says something about how engaging this book can be if someone as uninterested as me liked it. If you're interested in the perspectives of one Hispanic female living in rather poor prospects, you should read this. If you feel like you have a privileged existence full of opportunities, you should read this book to see what it's like to be less privileged. If you feel like all Hispanics lead hard, miserable lives, you should read this book to see the joy and familial bond this Hispanic has. If you think all poor people just want to get out of their neighborhoods and escape their present realities, you should read this book to see why they'd go back. Some things are explicit; some things are subtle. This book is a teachable experience. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015 by Nonanny

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