《芒果街上的小屋》是一本優美純淨的小書，一本“詩小說”。它由幾十個短篇組成，一個短篇講述一個人、一件事、一個夢想、幾朵雲，幾棵樹、幾種感覺，語言清澈如流水，點綴著零落的韻腳和新奇的譬喻，如一首首長歌短調，各自成韻，又彼此鈎連，匯聚齣一個清晰世界，各樣雜遝人生。所有的講述都歸於一個敘述中心：居住在芝加哥拉美移民社區芒果街上的女孩埃斯佩朗莎（埃斯佩朗莎，是西班牙語裏的希望）。生就對弱的同情心和對美的感覺力，她用清澈的眼打量周圍的世界，用美麗稚嫩的語言講述成長，講述滄桑，講述生命的美好與不易，講述年輕的熱望和夢想，夢想著有一所自己的房子，夢想著在寫作中追尋自我，獲得自由和幫助彆人的能力。

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best-selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. The San Francisco Chronicle has called The House on Mango Street "marvelous... spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisnero's storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world". It is an extraordinary achievement that will live on for years to come.

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芒果街上的小屋

桑德拉·希斯內羅絲（Sandra Cisneros），1954年生，美國當代著名女詩人，墨西哥裔。30歲時憑藉《芒果街上的小屋》成名，另著有短篇故事集《喊女溪及其他》和詩集若乾。