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Title: Dreaming in Cuban by CRISTINA GARCIA ISBN: 0-345-38143-2 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 10 February, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (26 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The story of people and the story of Cuba
Comment: This gem of a first novel, written in 1992, by Christina Garcia is the story of Cuba as well as the story of a few unforgettable Cuban women. The words themselves have a lyrical quality as the the tale evolves through their different voices.
Set in the 1970's, Celia del Pino, in her 60s, is a loyal Cuban patriot, who lives by the sea. Her daughter, Lourdes, has fled to America and owns a bakery in Brooklyn. The other daughter, Felicia, still in Cuba, shows signs of mental unbalance and dabbles in Santeria. Her granddaughter, Pilar, a rebellious teenager, has been raised in America but feels a deep connection with her grandmother in Cuba.
There's a dreamlike quality to the book and a touch of the mystical as each character is deeply developed and the story evolves through their inner memories. Strong characterization is the author's strength as well as the way she weaves the stories of each of them together. They've all been effected by the revolution and it shapes the form of this book.
Not only did reading this book introduce me to its interesting characters, it also taught me more about the Cuban revolution than I ever learned from just reading the newspapers. And it piqued my interest in wanting to know more.
Recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Balmy seas, coconuts and Fidel Castro
Comment: This finalist for the National Book Award tellsthe story of three generations of a Cuban family.Indelible images and vivid characters combine to create a dreamlike evocation of Cuban life. Celia del Pino is the matriarch of a family that spans from Havana to Brooklyn, New York. She is unswervingly patriotic in her support of Fidel Castro, while her daughter Lourdes in the United States has embraced her new life and its capitalism by opening a chain of bakeries. Celia's second daughter is ambivalent toward the revolution as she deals with abuse and mental illness. Mothers and daughters may disagree, but Celia's granddaughter forms an emotional bond with her faraway grandmother. Using fragmentary vignettes, Dreaming in Cuban is reminiscent of stories repeated down through the generations, and the reader feels a connection to this family. Try it if you liked How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez or The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: Garcia creates interesting characters that all relate to the situations of being Cuban and Cuban American.
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Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Plume Contemporary Fiction) by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0452268060 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia ISBN: 0345406516 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 20 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago ISBN: 0679756760 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The House on Mango Street by SANDRA CISNEROS ISBN: 0679734775 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Monkey Hunting by CRISTINA GARCIA ISBN: 0375410562 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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