Liliana Valenzuela
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La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a través de una serie de viñetas --a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres-- es el relato de una niña latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por sí misma en qué y en quién se convertirá. Pocos libros de nuestra era han conmovido a tantos lectores.
The House on Mango Street tells the extraordinary story of Esperanza Cordero....
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"An enchanting story about a writer remembering her short time in Paris and her reflections on friendships, relationships, and her younger self in a beautiful dual-language edition. Paris has long been romanticized as the city of light. A city with a vibrant literary and artistic expatriate community. Corina--nicknamed Puffina--is a young writer hoping to find that idealized community, but when her money runs out sooner than expected, she finds a...
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After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
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Rosa is excited when her new cousin, Benji, is born, but when Grandma wants to remove a beloved armchair, Rosa puts her foot down and insists that the chair, just like Benji, is a member of the family.
Rosa is excited when her new cousin, Benja, is born, but when Grandma wants to remove a beloved armchair, Rosa puts her foot down and insists that the chair, just like Benja, is a member of the family.
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We introduce you to Nancy, who believes that more, always, is better when it comes to being elegant. She does not miss a detail, from the tip of her crown to the glitter of her shoes, and is determined to teach her family to become the same stamp of elegance. The way in which Nancy transforms her parents and her little sister to go out one night together gives rise to a fun and touching story, which will delight all those readers who would not dream...
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A novel of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Her neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her.
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"Han pasado veintiocho años desde que Sandra Cisneros publicara un libro de poesía. Con docenas de poemas inéditos, 'Mujer sin vergüenza' es una conmovedora colección de canciones, elegías y declaraciones que dan testimonio de su peregrinaje hacia un renacimiento y hacia el reconociemiento de su derecho como mujer artista..."--Cover page 4.
"Twenty-eight years have passed since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. Containing dozens...
13) Voces sin fronteras: antología Vintage español de literatura mexicana y chicana contemporánea
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"A medida que los descendientes de inmigrantes mexicanos se han ido estableciendo por todo Estado Unidos, ha surgido una gran literatura, pero sus similaridades con la literatura de México han pasado inadvertidas. En Voces sin fronteras, la primera antología que combina la literatura de ambos lados de la frontera méxico-americana, Cristina García nos presenta un diálogo intercultural de una rica diversidad"--Page 4 of cover.
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"A book of essays spanning the author's career a[nd] reflecting upon the various homes she's lived in around the world"--
Desde Chicago a México, los lugares en los que Sandra Cisneros ha vivido han servido de inspiración para sus trabajos ya clásicos de ficción y poesía. Sin embargo, una casa propia, un lugar en el que realmente pueda echar raíces, la ha eludido. En esta autobiografía rompecabezas, formada de ensayos e imágenes a...