Synopsis
Esperanza and her family didn't always live on Mango Street. Right off she says she can't remember all the houses they've lived in but "the house on Mango Street is ours and we don't have to pay rent to anybody, or share the yard with the people downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise, and there isn't a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom. But even so, it's not the house we thought we'd get."
Esperanza's childhood life in a Spanish-speaking area of Chicago is described in a series of spare, poignant, and powerful vignettes. Each story centers on a detail of her childhood: a greasy cold rice sandwich, a pregnant friend, a mean boy, how the clouds looked one time, something she heard a drunk say, her fear of nuns: "I always cry when nuns yell at me, even if they're not yelling." Esperanza's friends, family, and neighbors wander in and out of her stories; through them all Esperanza sees, learns, loves, and dreams of the house she will someday have, her own house, not on Mango Street.
Esperanza's childhood life in a Spanish-speaking area of Chicago is described in a series of spare, poignant, and powerful vignettes. Each story centers on a detail of her childhood: a greasy cold rice sandwich, a pregnant friend, a mean boy, how the clouds looked one time, something she heard a drunk say, her fear of nuns: "I always cry when nuns yell at me, even if they're not yelling." Esperanza's friends, family, and neighbors wander in and out of her stories; through them all Esperanza sees, learns, loves, and dreams of the house she will someday have, her own house, not on Mango Street.
Moyenne
14.6
9 votes
MOYEN
2 éditions pour ce livre
2009 
Editions Vintage (Contemporaries)
110 pages
2004 Editions Bloomsbury
110 pages
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Belle découverte : le petit monde d'Esperanza est à la fois cruel et doux, comme j'aime que le soient les récits d'enfance. J'ai beaucoup aimé cette peinture de quartier, avec tous ses personnages et ses minuscules histoires, mais c'était trop court pour être vraiment percutant. La préface de l'édition anniversaire m'a peut-être plus touchée que le reste. Je relirai l'autrice volontiers.
Un livre facile à lire en anglais pour moi qui ne suis pas très bonne ! Des phrases simples et courtes, terriblement efficaces et touchantes sur les différents habitants de cette mango street et sur la jeune narratrice Esperanza qui nous partage ses observations et ses rêves.