Dreaming in Cuban

by GARCIA, CRISTINA

• ISBN13: 9780345381439
• ISBN10: 0345381432
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-02-10
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

"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.

Author Biography

Cristina García 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. García has taught at universities nationwide and lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Table of Contents

ORDINARY SEDUCTIONS	3	(102)
Ocean Blue	3	(14)
Going South	17	(18)
The House on Palmas Street	35	(14)
Celia's Letters: 1935-1940	49	(8)
A Grove of Lemons	57	(18)
The Fire Between Them	75	(22)
Celia's Letters: 1942-1949	97	(8)
IMAGING WINTER	105	(108)
The Meaning of Shells	105	(22)
Enough Attitude	127	(18)
Baskets of Water	145	(16)
Celia's Letters: 1950-1955	161	(6)
A Matrix Light	167	(16)
God's Will	183	(10)
Daughters of Chango	193	(12)
Celia's Letters: 1956-1958	205	(8)
THE LANGUAGES LOST	213
Six Days in April	213	(32)
Celia's Letter: 1959	245