The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Great read, and even better performance on audible by the author herself. This character then transforms into an adolescent with poetic fashion. Through writing the character finds herself questioning her identity, her culture, and gender norms, specific not only to her culture, but to the society as a whole, like her relatives and peers. The awareness that her character is able to convey through language in this novel sets her apart from her community of neighbors, family, and friends, and givers her the opportunity to rise above, and escape. Cisneros (2009) novel portrays a Chicana character that is living the life of almost every Latino I know, in terms of community and financial support and more importantly ideology. The author provided lyrical vignettes to represent each character's role in the young girls life. Would you consider the audio edition of The House on Mango Street to be better than the print version?Ĭisneros (2009) a poet and great writer has portrayed the story of a Chicana (Mexican-American) with dreams beyond the young girls own understanding. I would listen to her read a different book. Perhaps she could have read the book but just used her normal voice. While she has a lovely reading voice, her attempt at a child voice sounded forced and grating.

My only real complaint is that I don't think the author should have done her own narration.

I do still have my perennial concern that I wish the audible chapters corresponded to the book chapters. As a result, it works well in the audio format and you don't have to listen for a long time at a sitting. The book is structured as a series of vignettes. He and I both felt that we got more out of the audio, especially with words and accents that might have been unfamiliar, since this is not our cultural background. I had read this book when it first came out but listened to it for the first time now with my younger son. Both of my sons have read this for their 8th grade English class, and enjoyed listening to the audio.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros