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Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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"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 CHRONICLENow 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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CaliforniaCay
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This was an interesting read. Hard to describe, and sometimes very strange but very entertaining. Even though it's written in English there were a lot of Spanish words throughout, and I learned a bit about Cuba. One of my favorite quotes "Painting is its own language...translations just confuse it, dilute it, like words going from Spanish to English. I envy my mother her Spanish curses sometimes. They make my English collapse in a heap."

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CaliforniaCay
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Some belated birthday gifts from a couple of friends who know me well 🤗 I've read Their Eyes were Watching God before, but I didn't own this beautiful version 😠and I've never even heard of Dreaming in Cuban but I'm all about everything Spanish these days so it's right up my alley! 🇨🇺

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I love this book told in magic realism style. "I imagine Abulea Celias surprise as I sneak up behind her . She'll be sitting in her wicker swing overlooking the sea and she'll smell of salt and violet water. There'll be gulls and crabs along the shore . She'll stroke my cheek with her cool hands and sing quietly in my ear." I think of my daughters when I read it, who are Cuban on their grandfather's side. #dreamingincuban #latinheritagemonth

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la_rose_noire
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Half way through the book I realized I was skipping parts trying to get to the action... which I never found. It's not that it's a bad bood, I believe maybe I wasn't in the mood for that type of novel so my review might not be totally fair. However, I was excited to find a novel set in Cuba.

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la_rose_noire
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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New in! Travelling to Cuba today! ☀

#cubanhistory #cuba #family #revolution

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sarahbarnes
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Three books by Cuban writers arrived in the mail today! ðŸ˜

Liz_M Three Trapped Tigers. Ooof. 😑 (edited) 3y
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vonnie862
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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"That we can see and understand everything just as well alive as dead, only when we're alive we don't have the time, or the peace of mind, or the inclination to see and understand what we could. We're too busy rushing to our graves." #dreamingincuban #hispanicheritagemonth #latinxliterature

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Mc_cart_ny
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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â­â­â­â­ Magical realism that I truly enjoyed!! Novel set in Cuba and New York about the women of a family split after the revolution, it moves through different perspectives and different times.

#MagicalRealism

readtheworld I loved this one! And the cover is 💯 5y
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Mc_cart_ny
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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A short nap time means short reading time for me. I'll just have to incorporate reading with the babies 👶♥ï¸ðŸ“š

#11thHourReadathon

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Mc_cart_ny
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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I adore Pilar. She is very opinionated and her I'm loving her POV!

#11thHourReadathon

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Mc_cart_ny
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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📚I'd say The Read Aloud Family exploded my TBR but I own this book, so when my littles are older I can just go back to it for recommendations!

📚 Finally getting to Dreaming in Cuban, I've been wanting to get to this one for the better part of the year! 😄

#BlameItOnLitsy

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swishandflick
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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After reading Next Year in Havana, I've been on the lookout for other fiction recs about the Cuban revolution - this one is on sale for $1.99 currently on digital platforms so I snapped it up! #ebookdeals

Susanita I read this one a while ago: 6y
swishandflick @Susanita Thank you!! ðŸ‘🽠6y
Mc_cart_ny I've been wanting to read more about Cuba, too. I'm going to look into both of these books! 6y
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readtheworld
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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I‘m currently working on overhauling the design of my website (so many posts to reformat!), and I‘ve been taking some snapshots of my shelves to sprinkle around the design. This shelf is the tail end of my travel writing books and the start of my books set in the Caribbean and Central and South America. I sort most of my books by setting, then author and topic. How do you arrange your books?

#bookshelves #paperbacks #bookspines #booklife

Jennick2004 Oh my goodness that would take ages...and if you haven‘t read them how do you know? Lol...mine are just a mess 🤣 6y
readtheworld @Jennick2004 I keep all my unread books separate from my read ones, so that works out fine for sorting them. The unread ones aren‘t really sorted at all, just stuck on the top of a shelf. 🙃 6y
Jennick2004 Aah that makes so much more sense 🤣 I don‘t keep many of the books I‘ve already read! 6y
minkyb At this point in my life I try to only hold on to books I have not read and then gift them once I‘ve finished. Alphabetically is the easiest for me but when you run out of room all hell breaks loose 😂 6y
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Brie
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Intensely rhythmic and lyrical, this novel describes the responses and lives of three generations of women during and after the Cuban revolution. Each woman has a different outlook on the revolution which affects their relationships, both familial and romantic. Historical fiction with a tinge of magical realism.

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Cobscook
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Where I am spending the rest of the afternoon. ☺ï¸â˜€ï¸ðŸŒ²ðŸŒŠ

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BookishMarginalia
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Not just a good list of books, but also a reminder about why these writers became refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/books/review/25-great-books-by-refugees-in-am...

Notafraidofwords Thanks for posting! 7y
jfikkidizzle I will definitely have to come back to this post and check out the books. 7y
ChelseyQuack Stacking so I can find this link later! Awesome! 7y
kspenmoll Thx for posting. 7y
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WOCreads
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Fantastic Cristina Garcia's first novel, so wonderfully and poetically written and such a sad story. Let's continue reading LatinX!

#diversebooks #latinxheritagemonth #HHM

MrBook Like the pic 😊ðŸ‘ðŸ». 7y
read_diverse_books Read this in college and remember it fondly. 💖 7y
WOCreads @MrBook Thank you!😃 7y
WOCreads @read_diverse_books It's so good isn't it? I should reread it sometime! 7y
backthatelfup I need to reread this book. 7y
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readtheworld
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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A poetic, captivating book set in Havana and Brooklyn, Dreaming in Cuban is the perfect novel to curl up with on a summer night.

Read more at our site: http://bit.ly/2bMrXLk

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rayna
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Came straight from work to the gym so I can spend the hour before parkour class reading. Hoping to finish this one tonight -- only about 80 pages to go! #bookisholympics

Notafraidofwords How's this one? I have heard mixed reviews ? 8y
rayna @Notafraidofwords I like it! Very lyrical. 8y
Beckys_Books I'm so jealous. I wish I could make myself work out. 8y
rayna @Beckys_Books For me it's all about finding the kind of exercise that's mostly just fun. And classes help, since I'm not all that motivated on my own. :) 8y
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rayna
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Backyard hammock reading. #bookisholympics

SusanInTiburon The best! 8y
Bookzombie Love hammocks! 8y
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rayna
Dreaming in Cuban | Cristina García
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Starting off the #BookishOlympics with Dreaming in Cuban. Only 10 pages in so far...

What are you reading first? ðŸ…📚

Megabooks Great job! 8y
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