Cristina García Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

In this novel of family history and myth, Christina Garcia gives us Reina and Constancia Aguero, sisters who grew up in Cuba, but who haven't talked in thirty years--not since Constancia snuck out of Cuba and crossed the water to the United States, where she assimilated into her adopted country's culture as completely and deeply as she could. The beautiful and charismatic Reina, meanwhile, stayed in Cuba where she became a skilled electrician and a staunch supporter of la revolucion. The long-estranged sisters are finally heading toward a reunion, and as they come together their own stories and the legacy of their scientist-parents is told and retold in an elegantly written novel that investigates the several natures of identity--personal, familial, and even national.

Diese Familiengeschichte dreier Generationen spielt auf Kuba und in New York und erzählt von vier willensstarken Frauen, Müttern und Töchtern. Gleichzeitig spiegelt sie die Entwicklung Kubas in den letzten Jahrzehnten. "Cristina Garcia steht mit diesem Roman vor uns als eine neue Autorin von magischer Kraft... Sie hat ein Buch geschrieben, das beides hat, die Intimität einer Tschechow-Erzählung und die phantastische Imagination eines Romans von Garcia Marquez." (The New York Times.)