Puro Amor by Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros has a fondness for animals and this little gem of a story makes that abundantly clear. 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. .because love is like that. 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 bi-lingual and contains several illustrations--line drawings by Cisneros herself.
Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, several honorary doctorates and national and international book awards, including Chicago's Fifth Star Award, the PEN Center USA Literary Award, and the National Medal of the Arts awarded to her by President Obama in 2016. Most recently, she received the Ford Foundation's Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized among The Frederick Douglass 200, and was awarded the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. Her classic, coming-of-age novel, The House on Mango Street, has sold over six million copies, has been translated into over twenty languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and universities across the nation. In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two non-profits she founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. She is also the organizer of Los MacArturos, Latino MacArthur fellows who are community activists. Her literary papers are preserved in Texas at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Sandra Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico and earns her living by her pen. She currently lives in San Miguel de Allende.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781946448217 |
| ISBN 10 | 1946448214 |
| Title | Puro Amor |
| Author | Sandra Cisneros |
| Series | Quarternote Chapbook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sarabande Books, Incorporated |
| Year published | 2018-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |