Dreaming in Cuban"Remarkable...An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic...Evocative and lush...A rich and haunting narrative, an excellent new voice in contemporary fiction." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Now available in a Spanish language edition from Ballantine Books. Here is the dreamy and bittersweet story of a family divided by politics and geography by the Cuban revolution. It is the family story of Celia del Pino, and her husband, daughter and grandchildren, from the mid-1930s to 1980. Celia's story mirrors the magical realism of Cuba itself, a country of beauty and poverty, idealism and corruption. DREAMING IN CUBAN presents a unique vision and a haunting lamentation for a past that might have been. |
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User Review - catzkc - LibraryThingBeautifully written, if a bit heavy with the flowery and dreamy descriptions at times. But even those don't seem out of place when you're talking about that colorful, bright part of the world. I didn ... Read full review
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User Review - DVerdecia - LibraryThingThis novel moves between Cuba and the United States featuring three generations of a single family. The novel focuses particularly on the females—Celia del Pino, her daughters Lourdes and Felicia ... Read full review
Contents
Ocean Blue | 3 |
Going South | 17 |
The House on Palmas Street | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Abuela Abuela Celia arms asked beach believe blood blue Brooklyn called Celia close Cuba dance daughter died don't door dress everything eyes face father feel feet Felicia finally fingers front girl give Gustavo hair hands hard Havana head hear heard hour husband imagines It's Ivanito Jorge keep later learned leave Líder light live look Lourdes months morning mother mouth moving never night once paint past Pilar Pino play pulls rain remember Rufino says seems side sister skin sleep speak stands stay stop Street swing talk tell There's things thought Tía told took tree trying turns understand voice waiting walks watched wearing window woman women
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| Title | Dreaming in Cuban Borzoi Book Latino literature |
| Author | Cristina García |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0345381432, 9780345381439 |
| Length | 245 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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