Global Literature Online Book Group: Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia
Online discussion on December 4, 2013 at 7 PM.
Hosted by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) with DRCLAS Cuban Studies Fellow Rainer Schultz.
Book description: Dreaming in Cuban is the first novel written by author Cristina García, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. The novel’s central themes include family relationships, exile, the divisiveness of politics, and memory. Cuban history and culture are important in the book, including important historical events and the elements of Santería. This novel moves between Cuba and the United States featuring three female generations of a single family.