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Summary: Sandra is a rare and animated woman..
Review: I have had the honor in meeting this amazing woman. Her books take you into worlds where girls must be tough as nails, as well as creative. If she can take you into a place of emotions with only words, can you imagine what else this lady can do? She is also very genrous in my hometown of SA. I am doing a report on her to introduce some of my classmates to her great work. We need more women like Sandra to let young chicanas know it's okay to express themselves and write so freely as she does. I recommend it to anyone who has ever felt creative and who has a heart for adventure.
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Summary: incredible. painful. beautiful.
Review: i've read a ton of books and this book is still imbedded in my memory. even a few years later, it remains one of my favorites. cisneros at her best. must read.
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Summary: Euphoric
Review: Sandra Cisneros is not a writer--she is a musician, and language is her instrument. Her stories are songs, the charecters relay their feelings in heart-rending arias; each bar is worked to perfection in melody and harmony.
Reading each piece is pure pleasure, and the stories are arranged so that the first few are about children and gradually Cisneros takes us through the Chicana life. The women include the girl who covets her Barbie doll despite its origins, the teen who finds herself pregnant, the abused mother, the artist in love with with the exterminator.
I only regret that there are not more books to sing to me. I saw Cisneros read about a year ago, and she reads with such vivid enthusiasm, I could hear her reading me each story. Her voice sings--I love it.
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Summary: . These delicious, poetic stories are full of pain and joy.
Review: Sandra Cisneros, the author of "Woman Hollering Creek" gives us a vibrant variety of stories which reveals some of the strength, true love, and wisdom within women. Cisneros, as a gifted writer and a storyteller, shares stories filled with moments of pain and joy. Women Hollering Creek, offers the life experiences of women who have lived both the Mexican and American life. These delicious, poetic stories bring alive beautiful characters (multifaceted women) who experience true life situations. Each character portrayed in this book, go throughout a catharsis full of pain, anguish, love, hope, and ecstasy. Cisneros is a brave author who shows a unique vision of a women's heart. Her wise work constructed by her poetic style, shows her power as a woman and a writer. In this book, she takes you down a river of sadness, with a long ribbon of laughter. An example of her style is this passage that captivated me, "Your eyes are beautiful, you said. You said they were the darkest eyes you'd ever seen and kissed each one as if they were capable of miracles. And after you left, I wanted to scoop them out with a spoon, place them on a plate under these blue blue skies, food for the blackbirds." It is very fortunate that I read this book, because it has given me so much inspiration. Cisneros as a Latina women, has inspired me (another Latino) to continue on my long journey of becoming a writer. Her beautiful prose gives the reader a sense of the world she brings alive. For example, "The laughing sound of the river and canals, and the high melancholy voice of the wind and the branches of the tall pine." I suggest that every writer should read this book. Another reason why I recommend this book is because it has shown me the astonishing perspective of a woman which no matter what, a man can not have. Me, as a man, would never experience what a women experiences. This book is very valuable to me, since it provides the opportunity to see the inner beauty and strength of a Latina women. A third reason why I recommend this book, is because it invites you to imagine and taste the Mexican culture through a woman's eyes. Woman Hollering Creek, served me especially and can be a great resource for others to learn about Mexican lifestyle. This book informed me more about that romantic, joyful, and traditional Mexican life. The rating I give this book is a ten, because it has helped me understand where women are coming from a little better. I have gained more respect for women who are writers because she gives her heart to her readers.
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Summary: woman hollering creek
Review: this book is very confusing. don't bother reading it
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Summary: The Mango Lives on in the Form of A Creek
Review: This collection of short stories consist of a few intersting stories, however the majority of the stories were cluttered with over excessive drama, over worked imagery, aand repettion. A lot of her characters were reepresented in all of the stories, it was like yyou heard the voice of her characters in all her pieces. Not only were her characters over used but also her themes. A lot of her themes were focused on relationships between men and women and sex. Overall this book was a horrible extension of House On Mango Street.
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Summary: The Mango Lives on in the Form of A Creek
Review: This collection of short stories consist of a few intersting stories, however the majority of the stories were cluttered with over excessive drama, over worked imagery, aand repettion. A lot of her characters were reepresented in all of the stories, it was like yyou heard the voice of her characters in all her pieces. Not only were her characters over used but also her themes. A lot of her themes were focused on relationships between men and women and sex. Overall this book was a horrible extension of House On Mango Street.
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Summary: Lovely
Review: This is one of my favorite books ever. The language is delicious...I quote it to my friends all the time. What a gift!!
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Summary: Poetically written exploration of women's experiences
Review: This is the book which made me a feminist during my undergraduate years, and on which I subsequently wrote my senior English thesis. No author of short stories can turn a phrase the way Cisneros can, and her poetic evocations of different stages of life from young girl to mature young woman shed a multi-faceted light on Hispanic women's experiences in which every paragraph becomes thought-provoking. In addition, read as a whole thematically, this anthology can be seen as similar to the sort of artistic coming-of-age novels such as Hermann Hesse's Peter Camenzind. The key turning point in this development may be the story "Little Miracles, Kept Promises," which is a series of letters left at the shrine of La Virgin de Guadelupe. This reveals the many layers of the shrine, which is the site of an old Aztec goddess with whom Cisneros identified, and who allows for a new revelation of feminine power in the Mexican heritage which comes out for the rest of the work. However you choose to read it, this is a collection which will both delight and challenge all who come prepared.
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Summary: Poetically written exploration of women's experiences
Review: This is the book which made me a feminist during my undergraduate years, and on which I subsequently wrote my senior English thesis. No author of short stories can turn a phrase the way Cisneros can, and her poetic evocations of different stages of life from young girl to mature young woman shed a multi-faceted light on Hispanic women's experiences in which every paragraph becomes thought-provoking. In addition, read as a whole thematically, this anthology can be seen as similar to the sort of artistic coming-of-age novels such as Hermann Hesse's Peter Camenzind. The key turning point in this development may be the story "Little Miracles, Kept Promises," which is a series of letters left at the shrine of La Virgin de Guadelupe. This reveals the many layers of the shrine, which is the site of an old Aztec goddess with whom Cisneros identified, and who allows for a new revelation of feminine power in the Mexican heritage which comes out for the rest of the work. However you choose to read it, this is a collection which will both delight and challenge all who come prepared.
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