Dreaming in Cuban

Dreaming In Cuban - Christina Garcia

The first chapter to this book I think I have read probably ten times and then put the book down because it was rather dry. However, after the first chapter it really picks up, which makes me glad that I finally read the entire book. The book, while I didn't find it as "well-written" as many of the reviews of it, was very good. The history overall social setting in 1950's and -60's Cuba was very interesting. It is written in that familiar Hispanic-literature fashion of following one family for a while. And the chapters are divided up and then told through the perspectives of different family members which helps keep the story flowing, and it also advances the plot in a very interesting way. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in the Cuban revolution or Hispanic literature. As one of her first novels - I think Garcia has firmly established herself in the world of Hispanic writers.

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