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Three generations of women in the del Pino family, divided over conflicting political loyalties after the Cuban revolution, are reunited in Havana by a devoted granddaughter who has refused to sacrifice her family ideals. A first novel. 10,000 first printing.
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Review:
"Dazzling . . . Remarkable."
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
" The New York Times
""MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
"Dreaming in Cuban" is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school."
--THULANI DAVIS
" The New York Times Book Review
""Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban "santeria" cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite."
--RICHARD EDER
" Los Angeles Times
""Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush."
--JACKIE JONES
" San Francisco Chronicle"
"Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More."
--AMELIA WEISS
"Time
"
Dazzling . . . Remarkable.
MICHIKO KAKUTANI
" The New York Times
" MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
"Dreaming in Cuban" is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia s novel and her characters sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.
THULANI DAVIS
" The New York Times Book Review
" Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban "santeria" cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.
RICHARD EDER
" Los Angeles Times
" Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.
JACKIE JONES
" San Francisco Chronicle"
Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.
AMELIA WEISS
"Time
""
Dazzling . . . Remarkable.
MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times
MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia s novel and her characters sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.
THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review
Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.
RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times
Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.
JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle
Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.
AMELIA WEISS
Time
"
-Dazzling . . . Remarkable.-
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times
-MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.-
--THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review
-Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.-
--RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times
-Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.-
--JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle
-Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.-
--AMELIA WEISS
Time
"Dazzling . . . Remarkable."
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times "MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school."
--THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review "Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite."
--RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times "Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush."
--JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle "Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More."
--AMELIA WEISS
Time
About the Author:
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
" The New York Times
""MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
"Dreaming in Cuban" is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school."
--THULANI DAVIS
" The New York Times Book Review
""Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban "santeria" cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite."
--RICHARD EDER
" Los Angeles Times
""Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush."
--JACKIE JONES
" San Francisco Chronicle"
"Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More."
--AMELIA WEISS
"Time
"
Dazzling . . . Remarkable.
MICHIKO KAKUTANI
" The New York Times
" MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
"Dreaming in Cuban" is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia s novel and her characters sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.
THULANI DAVIS
" The New York Times Book Review
" Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban "santeria" cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.
RICHARD EDER
" Los Angeles Times
" Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.
JACKIE JONES
" San Francisco Chronicle"
Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.
AMELIA WEISS
"Time
""
Dazzling . . . Remarkable.
MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times
MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia s novel and her characters sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.
THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review
Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.
RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times
Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.
JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle
Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.
AMELIA WEISS
Time
"
-Dazzling . . . Remarkable.-
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times
-MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school.-
--THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review
-Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite.-
--RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times
-Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush.-
--JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle
-Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More.-
--AMELIA WEISS
Time
"Dazzling . . . Remarkable."
--MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The New York Times "MARVELOUS . . . A JEWEL OF A NOVEL . . .
Dreaming in Cuban is beautifully written in language that is by turns languid and sensual, curt and surprising. Like Louise Erdrich, whose crystalline language is distilled of images new to our American literature but old to this land, Ms. Garcia has distilled a new tongue from scraps salvaged through upheaval. . . . It is [the] ordinary magic in Ms. Garcia's novel and her characters' sense of their own lyricism that make her work welcome as the latest sign that American literature has its own hybrid offspring of the Latin American school."
--THULANI DAVIS
The New York Times Book Review "Poignant and perceptive . . . It tells of a family divided politically and geographically by the Cuban revolution . . . [and] of the generational fissures that open on each side: In Cuba, between a grandmother who is a fervent Castro supporter and a daughter who retreats into an Afro-Cuban santeria cult; in America, between another daughter, who mocks her obsession . . . The realism is exquisite."
--RICHARD EDER
Los Angeles Times "Remarkable . . . A rich and haunting narrative . . . An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . Evocative and lush."
--JACKIE JONES
San Francisco Chronicle "Impressive . . . Her story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the 'sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond, ' as rhythmic as the music of Beny More."
--AMELIA WEISS
Time
Cristina Garcia is the author of seven novels, most recently King of Cuba, and the forthcoming Berliners Who. She has published poetry, books for young readers, and edited anthologies on Latino/a literature. Her work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fourteen languages. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and an NEA grant, among others. Garcia has taught at universities nationwide and lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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- PublisherBallantine Books (P)
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0345913671
- ISBN 13 9780345913678
- BindingPaperback
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