by Cristina García · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789069746432
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«Cubaanse dromen / De zusters Agüero» is a double volume of novels by Cristina García, published by Arena in paperback (560 pages, in Dutch).
The volume brings together two novels set in Cuba. «Cubaanse dromen» follows Celia del Pino and her daughters: one stays in Cuba, another emigrates to the United States, and granddaughter Pilar longs for the island. «De zusters Agüero» recounts the reunion of Reina and Constancia, sisters separated years ago, who reconstruct their past with their father's diary.
2004 edition with translation by Annelies Eulen; «Cubaanse dromen» was Cristina García's first novel and «De zusters Agüero», her second.
For readers of family novels with a Cuban backdrop and the experience of emigration.
Cristina García is a Cuban-born American novelist and playwright. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban (1992), was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has since published her novels The Agüero Sisters (1997) and Monkey Hunting (2003), and has edited books of Cuban and other Latin American literature. Her other novels include, A Handbook to Luck (2007); The Lady Matador's Hotel (2010); King of Cuba (2013); Here in Berlin (2017); and Vanishing Maps (2023).
