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Sandra Cisneros

Writer (December 20, 1954 - )
Nationality: American
Known for using her experiences as a woman going back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico, Sandra Cisneros is a major reference in Chicana literature. Her writing is characterized by social critique and her sense of cultural displacement.
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"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, contains the hallmarks of magic realism, as villagers discover an old man washed up on the shore who may or may not be an angel.

Works by García Márquez, Gabriel

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