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Cristina García

Born

Havana, Cuba

Website

http://www.cristinagarcianovelist.com/

Influences

Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka

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After working for Time Magazine as a researcher, reporter, and Miami bureau chief, García turned to writing fiction. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban (1992), received critical acclaim and 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 fourth novel, A Handbook to Luck, was released in hardcover in 2007 and came out in paperback in April 2008.

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Cristina García's Blog

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Speaking Spanish (or French, or Chinese, or Arabic)

I was lucky enough to grow up speaking Spanish at home. It wasn't like I had a choice, at first. Although my mother had studied English back in Cuba, she could barely get around a supermarket or through a checkout stand without my help. Before I knew what the word meant, I was “code-switching”; translating meanings and nuances from one language to another. I took for granted the fact that I ha Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 17, 2008 00:00

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Cristina García’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 83,120 ratings · 4,530 reviews · 120 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dreaming in Cuban 3.68 avg rating — 12,351 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Agüero Sisters 3.67 avg rating — 1,565 ratings — published 1988 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady Matador's Hotel 3.59 avg rating — 982 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monkey Hunting: A Novel 3.64 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here in Berlin 3.65 avg rating — 886 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of Cuba 3.37 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of Significant Girls 3.18 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanishing Maps 3.53 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Handbook to Luck 3.55 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Wanna Be Your Shoebox 3.55 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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