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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780679738565
ISBN number: 0679738568
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: March 03, 1992
Publishing house: Vintage
Release Date: March 03, 1992
Sale Popularity Level: 13786
Studio: Vintage
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A collection of stories, whose characters give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.
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I read this book for a Chicano litterature class in college, and absolutely fell in love. The stories are so touching and real, they will stay with you for a very long time. The stories will come to me and different times and make me smile. I would deffinately recommend this book.
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Sandra Cisneros' Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories is a collection of 22 stories that have been divided into three sections. Each section is named after one of the stories contained in it. These stories work because the situations are real. They are narratives that people can really connect with. The language is common and is easily understood by individuals of various educational levels.
Narration is a key to uniqueness of the accounts in Woman Hollering Creek & Other Stories. The narrators in the very first section are young. Children, probably no older than about twelve years of age. The narrators in the second and third sections of stories are slightly older than the very first group of storytellers, yet still in the midst of adolescences and young adulthood. Individuals trying to find themselves.
Initially, it was not my intent to read the entire collection of stories contained in Sandra Cisneros' Woman Hollering Creek. I was assigned a project in school, in which I needed to deal with a text, from an ethnic perspective, among other things. I chose to read the title story, Woman Hollering Creek. I actually enjoyed the story. I found it to be very inspirational. The way that Cleofilas, the main character makes the transformation from a meek, battered woman to an empowered woman with a positive outlook on life. I think that this tale would be especially motivational for women in abusive situations.
After reading the title story for my school project, I was eager to read some of the other stories from the collection. Overall, I found the stories in this collection to be enjoyable. I would caution parents however about this collection, only because some of the stories in the second and third sections are definitely not suitable for younger readers. These stories deal with topics of a sexually charged nature. (Nothing that is necessarily vulgar though.) The second and third sections of stories should be suitable however for high school students.
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As usual, great, great work from Sandra Cisneros. She has such a unique voice and style and through her myriad narrators, this short story collection lays bare the realities of those who are oppressed and victimized. Many of the narrators are double minorities and the issues span from identity crises and gender bias, to patriarchal violence and class stratification. Cisneros has a way of using a conversational and seemingly simplistic (and often times childlike) voice to expose the very troubling and complex issues that occur to those who are caught between a rock and a hard place.
Cisneros is among the very best in Chicana/o literature. She is brutally honest and not afraid to deal with the ugly side of stark reality. Often times funny, and always moving, this collection is highly recommended to all.
Also recommended: The House On Mango Street
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Wow - I don't agree at all with the reviewers who coined this "feminist" or "chicana". I mean, sure it is that, but it's so much more!
Cisneros's use of language and lyricism is at once beautiful and incredibly effective. She is one of the few writers who uses dialect to the advantage and not the detriment of her story, speaking volumes about her characters through their own voices. Her prose is rich enough for poetry, and spare enough to draw the reader into ruminations with every paragraph.
This is literature, true literature that takes the reader in surprising new directions. Inspiring.
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It was in 7th grade when I was very first introduced to the House on Mango Street. Thanks to my teacher Ms. Henning, I have become an avid reader of Ms. Cisneros and other great writers such as Elena Poniatowska (one of Sandra's favorites), Julia Álvarez, and Gabriel García Márquez.
When I was a freshman in high school, Caramelo had been released and I read it in a matter of three days. The only book left to read of Cisneros was Woman Hollering Creek.
This year, things changed. I spent my summer at Harvard University where I took two courses. Mexican Literature and Fiction Writing. While at Harvard, one of my favorite things to do was to walk into the Harvard Book Store, go downstairs to the USED book section and search through the bookshelves. Eventually, that day I purchased the House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (because no one can believe that I haven't read it), Go Tell it to the Mountain by James Baldwin, Sula by Toni Morrison, and last but not least, Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros.
Since the East Coast consists of very small states, I visited a couple of schools including Boston U., Tufts, Brown, Amherst, Dartmouth, NYU, and Columbia. My trip to Columbia had to be the most fun of all. Me, and two friends, one from L.A. and the other from Chicago all took books for the bus trip. I remember my friend from L.A. was reading Beloved by Toni Morrison, the other was reading a book that was assigned by her Psychology professor (BORING), and I was reading Woman Hollering Creek. By the time we got to New York City I was finished with the book. I liked it so much that when I went back to Harvard I requested my favorite story "Mericans" to be read in class and afterwards we had a discussion.
Because of Sandra, I am now a writer and I admire her for getting so far. If you have read The House on Mango Street, you have an idea of the type of neighborhood Sandra lived in. Well that's the exact same neighborhood in which I have been living all my life. Most of the adolescents living in this neighborhood are seen as students who are incapable of having a good future, but Sandra has proved that wrong. Now, she is internationally well known and has been my motivation throughout the past years.
Earlier this year, I had to opportunity to meet her in person, and said that she was working on a book right now. I have no other option than to wait.
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