Woman Hollering Creek.

New York, NY Random House: Vintage Contemporaries, 1992. Paperback First Edition Thus (1992), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY THE AUTHOR. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers, with a hint of age-toning to the white background field of the rear panel; barely discernible thumbing to the fore-edge; a small, faint crease near the lower front corner tip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches). 165 pages. Language: English. Weight: 8 ounces. Trade Paperback. In this collection of Mexican-American stories, Cisneros addresses the reader in a voice that is alternately buoyant, strong, funny, and sad. The brief vignettes of the opening piece, "My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn," are tiles in a mosaic. Taken together, these vignettes give a vivid, colorful picture of life on the Texas/Mexico border. Family ties are strong: aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents are all present. The stories are often about the romantic dreams of young girls longing to escape stifling small-town life who discover that things are not much different on the other side of the border. Cisneros has an acute eye for the telling detail that reveals the secrets and the dreams of her characters. She writes with humor and love about people she knows intimately. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY THE AUTHOR.