the house on mango street is located in chicago.
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the house on mango street is a 1984 coming-of-age/bildungsroman novel by mexican-american author sandra cisneros. it is written from the perspective of teenage latina, esperanza cordero, who struggles with her life in a chicano and puerto rican neighborhood of chicago. esperanza wishes to escape her impoverished life in her small red house on mango street to then return one day to rescue her loved ones as well. the novel combines old mexican traditions with modern american customs and explores the plight of marginalized latinos struggling to survive in a dominantly white country.  it is presented in a series of vignettes and is sandra cisneros’ first published novel. the book has earned many awards and accolades, and is considered to be a modern classic of chicana literature. it is a new york times bestseller and has been adapted into a stage play by tanya saracho.
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mango street () is a historic street in the jabal amman area near downtown amman, jordan. officially named "omar bin al-khattab street" (), the street derives its nickname from the mango house, a building on the intersection between mango and rainbow streets. mango street has an assortment of historic buildings, many being ottoman, and across the street from the mango house is al-mufti house. books@cafe and other locations such as old view cafe line the street.
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