Dreaming in Cuban (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cristina Garcia
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1972-1980
- Setting: Santa Teresa Del Mar and Havana, Cuba; New York City
- Principal Characters: Celia Del Pino, Lourdes Puente, Pilar Puente, Felicia Villaverde, Luz, Milagro Villaverde, Ivanito Villaverde
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Memory, Mothers, Parents and children, Caribbean, Communism or communists, Revolutionaries, Socialism, New York City, Revolutions, Extrasensory perception or powers, Religion, 1980’s, Immigration or emigration, Cancer, Multiculturalism, Cults, Cuba or Cubans, Catholics or Catholic Church, Patriotism, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Latinos, Latin America or Latin Americans, Syphilis
- Locales: New York, NY, Havana, Cuba
The Novel
Dreaming in Cuban is the story of three generations of a Cuban family, told from a variety of points of view. The story begins with Celia del Pino, an aged woman, watching the waters off the north coast of Cuba with binoculars. She is on guard, devoted to The Revolution and El Lider (Fidel Castro, who is never mentioned by name in the book).
The novel is not told in straightforward, narrative terms, although there is a clear narrative thread running through the story. The book shifts back and forth between scenes, and the narrative is told from a variety...
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