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Beautiful People,
My Monday’s hero is journalist and novelist Christina García who was born in Havana, Cuba. When she was two years old, her family fled Cuba in the wake of Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution. She was raised in New York City.
Cristina’s first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, was published in 1992 and was nominated for the National Book Award. It tells the story of three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. It follows a family’s political and geographical divide and shows the differences in viewpoints that are related to each generation. It is a beautifully crafted novel situated in Cuba, but can be easily shifted to other countries that went under a fundamental change in a relatively short time.
García since published The Agüero Sisters (1997) that was awarded the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize, Monkey Hunting (2003), A Handbook to Luck (2007), The Lady Matador’s Hotel (2012), and King of Cuba (2013).
Cristina’s stories bring to light the complexities and contradictions of a dual cultural identity and the difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values—subjects that as an immigrant, I understand very well.
The duality of identity is embedded in the heart and mind of every immigrant. Many times, I am conflicted between my loyalty to my native country, the place where I was born and left behind, and my home land where I live and raise my children. Also, I always feel that there is an imaginary line dividing between me and the collective identities. García’s novels delicately touch these subjects and provide a glimpse into the complexities of immigration.
Cristina García - You are such an inspiration to me!
XO,
Sharon
My Monday’s hero is journalist and novelist Christina García who was born in Havana, Cuba. When she was two years old, her family fled Cuba in the wake of Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution. She was raised in New York City.
Cristina’s first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, was published in 1992 and was nominated for the National Book Award. It tells the story of three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. It follows a family’s political and geographical divide and shows the differences in viewpoints that are related to each generation. It is a beautifully crafted novel situated in Cuba, but can be easily shifted to other countries that went under a fundamental change in a relatively short time.
García since published The Agüero Sisters (1997) that was awarded the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize, Monkey Hunting (2003), A Handbook to Luck (2007), The Lady Matador’s Hotel (2012), and King of Cuba (2013).
Cristina’s stories bring to light the complexities and contradictions of a dual cultural identity and the difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values—subjects that as an immigrant, I understand very well.
The duality of identity is embedded in the heart and mind of every immigrant. Many times, I am conflicted between my loyalty to my native country, the place where I was born and left behind, and my home land where I live and raise my children. Also, I always feel that there is an imaginary line dividing between me and the collective identities. García’s novels delicately touch these subjects and provide a glimpse into the complexities of immigration.
Cristina García - You are such an inspiration to me!
XO,
Sharon
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