This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life. part artist statement, part declaration of independence.” - Los Angeles Times Poignant, honest, deeply moving, this is an exuberant celebration of a life in writing lived to the fullest.

Ranging from the private (her parents’ loving and tempestuous marriage) to the political (a rallying cry for one woman’s liberty in Sarajevo) to the literary (a tribute to Marguerite Duras), and written with her trademark lyricism, these signature pieces recall transformative memories as well as reveal her defining artistic and intellectual influences. With this collection-spanning three decades, and including never-before-published work-Cisneros has come home at last. But a house of her own, where she could truly take root, has eluded her. From the author of The House on Mango Street, a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography-an intimate album of a beloved literary legend.įrom the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico in a region where “my ancestors lived for centuries,” the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry.

A house of my own sandra cisneros pdf