Question: when did cisneros begin to write the house on mango street
Answer: The House on Mango Street 1984 edition Author Sandra Cisneros Cover artist illustration : Nivia Gonzalez design : Lorraine Louie lettering : Henry Sene Yee Country United States Language English Genre Coming - of - age story , novella , a book of vignettes Published 1984 ( Arte Público Press ) Media type Print ( Hardcover , Paperback , & library binding ) , audio cassette , and audio CD Pages 110 ( 2nd edition , paperback ) ISBN 0 - 679 - 73477 - 5 ( 2nd edition , paperback ) OCLC 81009584 Dewey Decimal 813 /.