The House on Mango Street

I liked it a lot and read it in one sitting. I liked how each chapter was so short, like a mini story. Each character from the neighborhood teaching her something about life, showing her what she wants or more often what she didn't want to become. I liked how the garden became this place of freedom, hidden from the mothers, until it has become the place of no return. It feels like everything is happening outside, or seen through a window, or heard from another floor. It's like the space inside is too small. A bigger space, a bigger house, a bigger garden, a room for herself to think and write, looking at the window and thinking about the space back in the country. The desire to escape, to be free, to ‘be found' to ‘escape' the mango street. So many characters, so many dreams, so little place.

Read and reviewed: 2022-06-04