Piccoli miracoli

"Because those who suffer have special powers, don't they? The power of understanding someone else's pain. And understanding is the beginning of healing." Ow. No one writes like her.

Don't be fooled, ye who watch every move I make on my Goodreads account -- I did not finish this in one day. (Side note: I doubt there are people who watch every move I make on my Goodreads account... nonetheless...). Cisneros's collection of fictional short stories was assigned reading for my Engli Leggi tutto

I expected to like this more. I really enjoyed her poetry collection "My Wicked Wicked Ways." I recommend people check it out. However, this collection of short stories were bland to me. Can Cisneros write beautifully? Yes, she can. But these stories are don't have much plot driving them. Some of th Leggi tutto

I love Cisneros's writing. This is clearly poetic in nature, and there is really no plot. But she paints a vivid picture. This is a series of essays, set in the US and in Mexico. Cisneros uses a lot of Spanish in these stories and most of my book club members (both book clubs) did not appreciate the Leggi tutto

So many stories in this book are absolute art. There are perhaps two or three tales that did not grip me, but otherwise I have read all the others at least five times over the years. Cisneros truly found her voice here - poetic, hypnotic, erotic storytelling with multi-cultural and feminist underton Leggi tutto

"I put my bloody panties inside my t-shirt and ran home hugging myself. I thought about a lot of things on the way home. I thought about all the world and how suddenly I became a part of history and wondered if everyone on the street, the sewing machine lady and the panadería saleswomen and the woma Leggi tutto