Sandra Cisneros, Author . Knopf $24 (464p) ISBN 978-0-679-43554-9
"Uncle Fat-Face's brand-new used white Cadillac, Uncle Baby's green Impala, Father's red Chevrolet station wagon"—the parade of cars that ushers in Cisneros's first novel since The House on Mango Street
(1984) is...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author Vintage Books USA $12.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-73856-5
In these lyrical prose passages, Mexican American women of San Antonio, Tex., muse on their loyalty to Mexico, their lovers and their sense of self-worth. Author tour. (Mar.)
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Sandra Cisneros, Author Vintage Books USA $11 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-73477-2
Esperanza Cordero, a girl coming of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, uses poems and stories to express thoughts and emotions about her oppressive environment. (Apr.)no PW...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author Knopf Publishing Group $23 (144p) ISBN 978-0-679-41644-9
The three parts of this spirited collection address the heart, ``spangled again and lopsided.'' In her second book of poems, Cisneros ( My Wicked Wicked Ways ) presents a street-smart, fearlessly liberated persona who raves, sometimes haphazardly,...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author Knopf Publishing Group $25.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-41821-4
This collection reveals the same affinity for distilled phrasing and surprise, both in language and dramatic development, found in Cisneros's volumes of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek and The House on Mango Street . For a glimpse of it, see...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author Vintage Books USA $12 (144p) ISBN 978-0-679-75527-2
This is the second volume of poetry from the author of The House on Mango Street. (Mar.)
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Sandra Cisneros. Knopf, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-385-35133-1
Cisneros, a MacArthur Fellow and two-time NEA grant recipient, has felt one constant emotion throughout her life: a hunger for a place that belongs to her, a place where she is free. In her lyrical, warm, and richly detailed account, Cisneros writes
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Sandra Cisneros, Author, Liliana Valenzuela, Translator Alfred A. Knopf $24 (496p) ISBN 978-0-375-41509-8
""Uncle Fat-Face's brand-new used white Cadillac, Uncle Baby's green Impala, Father's red Chevrolet station wagon"" the parade of cars that ushers in Cisneros's first novel since The House on Mango Street (1984) is headed to Mexico City from...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author, Julie Grau, Editor Random House (NY) $20.5 (165p) ISBN 978-0-394-57654-1
Ranging from prose lyrics of less than a page to much lengthier (but still lyrical) fictions, these stories are eloquent testimonials to the status of Mexican-American women. Cisneros ( The House on Mango Street ) introduces a cast of Chicanas from...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author, Terry Ybanez, Author, Terry Ybanez, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-86171-3
``Everybody in our family has different hair''/ ``Todos en nuestra familia tenemos pelo diferente,'' begins this rhythmic, bilingual picture book taken from acclaimed novelist/short-story writer Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. Ybanez expands...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author, Sandra Cisneros, Read by , read by the author. Harper Audio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-051591-1
With the ability to make listeners laugh out loud with her humor, get lumps in their throats with her poignancy and leave them thinking about her characters long after they've hit the stop button, Cisneros is a master storyteller and performer....
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Sandra Cisneros. Knopf, $27 (176p) ISBN 978-0-593-53482-3
The introspective latest from Cisneros (Loose Woman) sweeps through her life with blunt observations and heartfelt prayers. The frequent use of Spanish words and fresh images of quotidian moments of life in Mexico (“when dawn arrives/ with her...
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Sandra Cisneros. Vintage, $12.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-0-593-31366-4
In this bilingual edition (written originally in English and translated into Spanish by Liliana Valenzuela) of Cisneros’s exquisite story (after Puro Amor), a woman relives her time in Paris two decades earlier via a cache of discovered letters. At...
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