![]() With this collection of true stories and nonfiction pieces-spanning three decades, and including never-before-published work and an intimate album of personal photos-Cisneros has come home at last. But a house of her own, where she could truly take root, has eluded her. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuance-full. rich with music and picture.”įrom the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico where “my ancestors have lived for centuries,” the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. “Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brilliant of today's young writers. Whatever story she chooses to tell, we should be listening for a long time to come.” “Sandra Cisneros knows both that the heart can be broken and that it can rise and soar like a bird. possesses that most difficulty ability-allowing us to imagine that which ever existed.” “Sandra Cisneros is like a bee that extracts new honey from old flowers. “Thank you, wicked wicked woman, for shooting up these loose arrows to the high hells of poetry, passion and humor.” “Cisneros draws on her rich heritage…She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” “Sandra Cisneros makes me so happy that I am a reader, so joyful that she is a writer, and even more exhilarated that she is part of our world.” No matter how much it bites, we enjoy and admire the scars.” Thus, the generous creatures pawing her belly, sleeping on her pillow, and “kneeling outside her door like the adoring Magi before the just-born Christ.” This beautiful chapbook is bilingual and contains several illustrations-line drawings by Cisneros herself. “La casa azul,” the cobalt blue residence of Mister and Missus Rivera, overflows with hairless dogs, monkeys, a fawn, a “passionate” Guacamaya macaw, tarantulas, an iguana, and rescues that resemble “ancient Olmec pottery.” Missus loves the rescues most “because their eyes were filled with grief.” She takes lavish care of her husband too, a famous artist, though her neighbors insist he has eyes for other women: “He’s spoiled.” “He’s a fat toad.” She cannot reject him. ![]() Sandra Cisneros has a fondness for animals and this little gem of a story makes that abundantly clear. Written and Illustrated by Sandra Cisneros ![]()
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