num_pages: 464
description: ('CARAMELO is one of those books that is hard to put down. ... a richly funny account of family life in postwar America. But it is in writing about Mexico ... that she excels. ... Cisneros conjures a time, place and mood unforgettably' The Times 'CARAMELO is enchanting, soulful, sophisticated and skeptical, full of great one-liners ... it is one of those novels that blithely leap across the border between literary and popular fiction' New York Times Book Review)
language: English
title: Caramelo
titlecomplete: Caramelo
genres: Fiction, Family, Coming Of Age, Latin American, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 12007
places: Mexico City (México City), Chicago, Illinois, Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC