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Website. cristinagarcianovelist .com. Cristina García (born July 4, 1958) is a Cuban -born American journalist and novelist. Her first novel Dreaming in Cuban (1992) was a finalist for the National Book Award. [1] She has since published her novels The Agüero Sisters (1997) and Monkey Hunting (2003), and has edited books of Cuban and other ...
Cristina García is the author of eight novels including Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador’s Hotel, King of Cuba, Here in Berlin, and the forthcoming Vanishing Maps (Knopf, 2023).
Jul 16, 2023 · VANISHING MAPS, by Cristina García. A halo representing a mother’s ghost appears in Cristina García’s “Vanishing Maps” as the Berlin drag queen La Ivanita — given name Ivanito ...
Aug 5, 2023 · Review by Marion Winik. August 5, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT. 4 min. In 1993, Cristina García’s debut novel, “ Dreaming in Cuban ” — about three generations of Cuban women, set against the ...
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Aug 8, 2023 · Cristina García, author of the acclaimed novel “Dreaming in Cuban,” is reintroducing readers to the del Pino family some 20 years later in a sequel called “Vanishing Maps.”. García joins ...
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Jul 18, 2023 · By Jane Ciabattari. July 18, 2023. Cristina Garcia’s revelatory first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, a finalist for the 1992 National Book award, revolved around the del Pino family, its matriarch Celia, her children and grandchildren as they negotiate disagreements, dislocations, and reconnections in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution.
Dreaming in Cuban is the first novel written by author Cristina García, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. This novel moves between Cuba and the United States featuring three generations of a single family. The novel focuses particularly on the women—Celia del Pino, her daughters Lourdes and Felicia, and her granddaughter Pilar.
