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Original Title:	Caramelo
ISBN:	0679742581 (ISBN13: 9780679742586)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2003), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2004)

Caramelo

Sandra Cisneros

Paperback | Pages: 441 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 10080 Users | 809 Reviews

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Title	:	Caramelo
Author	:	Sandra Cisneros
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 441 pages
Published	:	September 9th 2003 by Vintage (first published September 24th 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels

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Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers--packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of her brothers and to understand her place on this side of the border and that, Lala is a shrewd observer of family life. But when she starts telling the Awful Grandmother's life story, seeking clues to how she got to be so awful, grandmother accuses Lala of exaggerating. Soon, a multigenerational family narrative turns into a whirlwind exploration of storytelling, lies, and life. Like the cherished rebozo, or shawl, that has been passed down through generations of Reyes women, Caramelo is alive with the vibrations of history, family, and love.

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One of my top favorite books of all times. And not because Latina discourse is The Thing right now; I think most people never really get past the first 50 pages (including those academics who should know better) because it's challenging and -- I believe -- helpfully marginalizing to the Anglophone reader. The plot is circuitous, anti-teleological, and thoroughly rasquache in the political sense of the term. This could be the best Chicana novel, defining the new Chicano experience, a perspective

Beautifully written, compelling, follows a family from Mexico City, back generations, then to the currentwhile not epic, it is comprehensive and brilliantly assembled. I loved this book. Had put off reading it for ten years because I read some stupidly bad review of it. The reviewer simply didn't understand what Cisneros was doing. So glad I finally went back.

This book kinda chose me. It explained so many things about my current life in the US, it had me reflect on my past, my present and my future. Insightful and fun, there's no order to the stories told, and sometimes it's hard to tell what story you really are reading. My guess is that Sandra envisioned this book as a big old cuento, with a lot of telenovela, and a lot of those nonsensical truths, too mundane to be called paradoxes. It's easy to get lost in her vivid characters or in their

I really enjoyed this book. It took me a long time to read it because I would get through a chapter (all chapters are very short) and have to reminisce about my own personal experiences. Cisneros brings to the forefront issues that many Latinas face. Annoyance of metiche family members and crazy tales they tell, but also a deep love for family. She sprinkled in Spanish words I hadnt heard in years, that I grew up with but I just dont hear in Austin. I did realize I am a "Texican"ha ha, Im not

Through the main storyteller Celaya, Cisneros has created an epic Chicana novel that deals with issues of laguage, class, race, gender, family, and being on the border of two cultures. She also brings into consideration the issue of truth-telling versus story-telling. Are they mutually exclusive? If the story is a lie should it matter? These issues only make the story more thought provoking. My favorite aspect of the book is that it deals with the formation of the young female identity. "How

Filled with beautiful, lively descriptions and stories, Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros really gives voice and life to the Mexican-American experience. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I would highly recommend listening to the audio version as Cisneros narrates her own story with the perfect pace and tone. If you do not speak/understand Spanish this is definitely something to consider listening to, Cisneros will often use Spanish phrases or words and it is so nice to hear them as they should be,