内容简介
WinnerofthePENCenterUSALiteraryAwardforCreativeNonfictionFromChicagotoMexico,theplacesSandraCisneroshaslivedhaveprovidedinspirationforhernow-classicworksoffictionandpoetry.Butahouseofherown,aplacewhereshecouldtrulytakeroot,haseludedher.Inthisjigsawautobiography,madeupofessaysandimagesspanningthreedecades—andincludingnever-before-publishedwork—Cisneroshascomehomeatlast.Writtenwithhertrademarklyricism,inthesesignaturepiecestheacclaimedauthorofTheHouseonMangoStreetshareshertransformativememoriesandrevealsherartisticandintellectualinfluences.Poignant,honest,anddeeplymoving,AHouseofMyOwnisanexuberantcelebrationofalifelivedtothefullest,fromoneofourmostbelovedwriters.
作者简介
SandraCisneroswasborninChicagoin1954.Internationallyacclaimedforherpoetryandfiction,whichhasbeentranslatedintomorethantwentylanguages,shehasbeentherecipientofnumerousawards,includingtheLannanLiteraryAward,theAmericanBookAward,andtheThomasWolfePrize,andoffellowshipsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsandtheMacArthurFoundation.Cisnerosistheauthoroftwonovels,TheHouseonMangoStreetandCaramelo;acollectionofshortstories,WomanHolleringCreek;twobooksofpoetry,MyWickedWickedWaysandLooseWoman;achildren’sbook,Hairs/Pelitos;aselectedanthologyofherownwork,VintageCisneros;andHaveYouSeenMarie?,afableforadultsillustratedbyEsterHernández.SheisthefounderoftheMacondoFoundation,anassociationofwritersunitedtoserveunderservedcommunities.Findheronlineatwww.sandracisneros.com.