I'm a fan of Cisneros, and she really does use some beautiful language here. Some of the natural objects shown have anthropomorphic traits, but the images are fresh. I also like the concept behind the book, the larger idea that we can become orphans when we experience parental loss. I also give h...
it is amazing how books seem to find you at the precise times you need them most. Today, after learning that my favorite author, Michele Serros, passed away, I found this book on a "giveaway" table at work. I picked it up knowing & loving Sandra Cisneros, but semi-puzzled and put-off by the book'...
I think I too enjoyed the afterword a little more than the actual story... But still!! Such a simple , powerful book! Sandra Cisneros has such a beautiful way with words. I love her constant use of similies & metaphors. It's as if she has no fear in her writing. Anyway.. I saw an interview she di...
Sandra Cisneros in her short story “Women Hollering Creek” exposes all the sadness of a young woman’s life and entwines it with a meandering creek. The main character, Cleófilas, first crosses the creek when she is exiled to Texas with her new husband. It comes to be reflective of her new life as...
"I like to tell stories. I tell them inside my head. I am going to tell you a story about a girl who didn’t want to belong."(109)Where is home? Is your home the people who love you, or is your home a physical space where you are most free? This is the story of a woman who builds her own home ...
Tahun 2009 kemarin, saia terpesonakan oleh buku² dari penulis perempuan (berdarah) India. Ada Arundhati Roy, Citra Banerjee Divakaruni, Bharati Mukherjee, Kiran Desai, dan Jhumpa Lahiri. yang membuat saia terpesona dengan karya² mereka adalah mereka berhasil menulis dengan gaya perempuan yang kha...