Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
382 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
Note |
"This is a Borzoi book" --Title page verso. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Hydra House -- No Place Like Home -- Luis Omar Salinas -- Falling in Love with Enamoramiento -- Marguerite Duras -- Huipiles -- Vivan los Muertos -- Straw into Gold -- A Tango for Astor -- Only Daughter -- Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks -- My Wicked Wicked Ways -- Who Wants Stories Now -- La Casa Que Canta -- Mercè Rodoreda -- The House on Mango Street's Tenth Birthday -- I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work -- Tapicero's Daughter -- Guadalupe the Sex Goddess -- ¡Que Vivan los Colores! -- Tenemos Layaway, or, How I Became an Art Collector -- An Ofrenda for My Father on Day of the Dead -- Un Poquito de Tu Amor -- Eduardo Galeano -- Infinito Botánica -- El Pleito/The Quarrel -- To Seville, with Love -- A White Flower -- Señor Cappuccino -- Natural Daughter -- A Girl Called Daydreamer -- A House of My Own -- An Ofrenda for My Mother -- Resurrections -- Ten Thousand -- The Author Reponds to Your Letter Requesting My Book Be Banned from the School Library -- The Girl Who Became a Saint: Teresa Urrea -- Chavela Vargas: Una Mujer Muy Mujer -- Chocolate and Donuts -- Akumal -- A Borrowed House -- Epilogue: Mi Casa Es Su Casa -- Pilón: Infinito -- Resting Place/Descano -- Acknowledgments. |
Summary |
The much-loved author of The House on Mango Street presents a collection of true stories and nonfiction pieces, spanning nearly three decades, that, read together, paint an intimate portrait of a literary legend's life and career. |
Subject |
Cisneros, Sandra -- Homes and haunts.
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Cisneros, Sandra -- Family.
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Mexican Americans -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Mexican American women authors -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
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Cisneros, Sandra. (OCoLC)fst00127308
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
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Mexican American women authors. (OCoLC)fst01200836
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Mexican Americans. (OCoLC)fst01019072
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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ISBN |
9780385351331 (hardback) |
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038535133X (hardback) |
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