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Cristina García (Author), Frankie Corzo (Narrator), Marisa Blake (Narrator),

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“Impressive...[Cristina García’s] 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 Moré.” (Time)

Cristina García’s acclaimed book is the haunting, bittersweet story of a family experiencing a country’s revolution and the revelations that follow. The lives of Celia del Pino and her husband, daughters, and grandchildren mirror the magical realism of Cuba itself, a landscape of beauty and poverty, idealism and corruption. Dreaming in Cuban is “a work that possesses both the intimacy of a Chekov story and the hallucinatory magic of a novel by Gabriel García Márquez” (The New York Times). In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the novel’s original publication, this edition features a new introduction by the author.

Praise for Dreaming in Cuban:

“Remarkable...an intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic...evocative and lush.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Captures the pain, the distance, the frustrations and the dreams of these family dramas with a vivid, poetic prose.” (The Washington Post)

“Brilliant.... With tremendous skill, passion and humor, García just may have written the definitive story of Cuban exiles and some of those they left behind.” (The Denver Post)

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8 hours and 8 minutes
Author

Cristina García
Narrator

Frankie Corzo, see all
Audible release date

March 30 2021
Language

English
Publisher

Random House Audio
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B08TRRV7LQ
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 8 minutes
Author	Cristina García
Narrator	Frankie Corzo, Marisa Blake, Anthony Lee Medina, Angel Harper
Audible.ca Release Date	March 30 2021
Publisher	Random House Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08TRRV7LQ
Best Sellers Rank	#130,713 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,226 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #2,599 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #5,732 in Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Bianka

A good read. There are some serial explicit parts incase ...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 7, 2016

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Rich and haunted narrative. A good read . There are some serial explicit parts incase any of you guys are too young but overall a good read

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Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 16, 2015

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Wendy Kaplan

Lyrical Madness

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 20, 2002

Here is a truly unforgettable book. I was entranced from the very first sentence: "Celia del Pino, equipped with binoculars and wearing her best housedress and drop pearl earrings, sits in her wicker swing guarding the north coast of Cuba."
From that moment on, I was drawn as surely into this book as the tides in the sea that Celia is guarding. "Dreaming in Cuban" tells the story of the Cuban Revolution from the point of view of three generations of women: the above-mentioned Celia, the grandmother; her daughters, Felicia and Lourdes; and Lourdes' own daughter, Pilar. Each of the three older women, and perhaps Pilar, a 20-ish New York artist, is quite totally mad. Thus we see and hear and feel the revolution from the hallucinatory perceptions of Celia, who worships El Lider (Castro) with ferocity; Felicia, who is torn between old Cuba--its superstitions, its voodoo, its passion--and the modern Cuba, where she is sentenced to a work camp; and Lourdes, who has escaped to Brooklyn and proudly owns the Yankee Doodle Bakery.
There is violence, murder, passion, birth and death in this book, but all told in a sort of lyrical mist, so that the reader feels the torpid heat of the Cuban day, the gentle warmth of the sea, and the breezes that stir the palms. All is dreamlike, which makes the reality of modern Cuba almost impossible to grasp. As one of the main characters says toward the end of the book: "Cuba is a peculiar exile...an island-colony. We can reach it by a thirty-minute charter flight from Miami, yet never reach it at all."
And yet, after reading this incredible book, I feel for the first time that I have some understanding of that small island nation. Or maybe it is all a dream.

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Linda Linguvic

The story of people and the story of Cuba

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 30, 2000

This gem of a first novel, written in 1992, by Christina Garcia is the story of Cuba as well as the story of a few unforgettable Cuban women. The words themselves have a lyrical quality as the the tale evolves through their different voices.
Set in the 1970's, Celia del Pino, in her 60s, is a loyal Cuban patriot, who lives by the sea. Her daughter, Lourdes, has fled to America and owns a bakery in Brooklyn. The other daughter, Felicia, still in Cuba, shows signs of mental unbalance and dabbles in Santeria. Her granddaughter, Pilar, a rebellious teenager, has been raised in America but feels a deep connection with her grandmother in Cuba.
There's a dreamlike quality to the book and a touch of the mystical as each character is deeply developed and the story evolves through their inner memories. Strong characterization is the author's strength as well as the way she weaves the stories of each of them together. They've all been effected by the revolution and it shapes the form of this book.
Not only did reading this book introduce me to its interesting characters, it also taught me more about the Cuban revolution than I ever learned from just reading the newspapers. And it piqued my interest in wanting to know more.
Recommended.

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First rate book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 18, 2006

DREAMING IN CUBAN is a story about three generations of Cuban women and their extreme differences. Celia, the grandmother, remains in Cuba and is a dedicated Castro supporter. Her daughter Lourdes had moved to the United States and is completely anti-Castro. Pilar, the granddaughter, is an artist with a punk style who thinks that her mothers obsession with the anti-Castro movement is ridiculous. They each have a different perception of what Cuba should be. It's a great story about the Cuban revolution and the effect it has had on families. Was reminded of the humor of Jackson McCrae (`---Katzenjammer---') and the good writing of Irving or Grisham. Really first rate.

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Dreaming in Cuban

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 8, 2000

I have to read this book for school, which automatically sounds a warning bell in my head: boring. So, as I sat at work with boredom threatening to force me to abandon all sanity, I sighed and picked up the book. From the very first sentence, I was hooked. Perhaps it wasn't only the plot that kept my attention focused, but also the fabulous writing style of the author. I didn't just read about Cuba, I felt Cuba. I didn't just read about the characters, I understood them. I ached for them. I pitied Pilar, whose mother reads her diary and punishes the young teenager for her emerging sense of sexuality. I pitied the twins, who faced a father's abuse and a mother's dwindling sanity with their stubborn, resilient silence. Cuban and United States relationships fall into the background amidst a story that could show up anywhere. The caring, but somewhat troubled grandmother, her rebellious daughter who's raising her own hellion, her troubled daughter who's twin daughters and young son have seen too much of the world... There is a certain sadness that follows these people struggling to go through the motions of love and family, held together by the ties of mother to child, forced apart by misunderstanding and uncertainty.

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Rebecca Klinger

What does it really mean to be Cuban?

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 24, 2001

Dreaming in Cuban is a superb novel which delves into the themes of family, history, culture, and self-definition. The novel focuses on one Cuban family that has become divided. Celia, the matriarch of the family, lives in Cuba as a loyal supporter of Castro. Her two daughters have both estranged themselves from the family and have consequently lost their sense of Cuban identity. Lourdes is a fervent opponent of the Castro regime and has moved to the United States in an attempt to redefine her identity. Felicia turns to santeria, a cultish religion stemming from West Africa. Both daughters have abandoned a close relationship with their mother and each other in order to escape their Cuban heritage. The only hope for re-uniting this family is Lourdes' daughter Pilar, but does she possess the ability to discover what it means to be Cuban...? This is an excellent story, full of vivid imagery, which delves into complicated family dynamics and cultural identity. You will be hooked from the first page and left with a greater appreciation of your own roots.

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Good Read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 2, 2017

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This was a lovely novel, rich with culture and traditions of Cuba. It has beautifully developed characters and settings that you could practically sit yourself in and feel like you're right there. Celia was probably my favourite character, she's been through so much with her children and grand-children but did receive a beautiful ending. I dislike Lourdes the most, I mean she too had been through so much but her relationship with her daughter Pilar was kind of upsetting to read. Felisha was a troubled one but still an interesting character. I felt the only character I didn't get to know was Javier, the son, but to be honest I was happy reading about the women of the story as they were a colourful bunch. I'm glad I read this novel, I must seek out more like it because I was truly transported to another culture and felt like I craved more after each chapter.
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Lightkeeper.Beth

All fine

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 8, 2016

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Brilliant book.

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Great purchase!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 4, 2018

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Everything alright.

Katharina

Cuba-Amerikanische Perspektiven

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on July 10, 2020

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Vor dem Hintergrund der kubanischen Revolution ist Cristina Garcías "Dreaming in Cuban" eine Geschichte, die drei Generationen von Frauen der Familie del Pino/Almeida umspannt und die Dinge hervorhebt, die sie verbinden und die sie voneinander trennen.

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- Gewalt
- Mord

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Jessica Nuñez

Dreaming in Cuban

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on April 10, 2018

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Realismo mágico de una Cubana exhiliada en EUA , fresco , divertido , fluye ...Una ves q empiezas te lo devoras ! Es una comparación de la vida de Cubanos que se quedaron y se fueron ... Yo pensé que el idioma original era en español ( como debería de haber sido ) fue escrito en Inglés .....

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