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Cristina García

    July 4, 1958

    Drawing from her background in journalism, this author crafts compelling fictional narratives that explore intricate family dynamics and cultural identity. Her work often weaves together history and personal stories, delving into the complexities of belonging and memory. With a keen eye for psychological depth and a lyrical prose style, she creates immersive worlds that resonate with emotional honesty. Readers will find her storytelling rich, evocative, and deeply human.

    Questa notte ho sognato in cubano
    Die Schwestern Agüero
    Análisis de errores en la interlengua de aprendices de ELE universitarios checos y eslovacos
    Sonar en Cubano
    Vanishing Maps
    Dreaming in Cuban
    • Dreaming in Cuban

      • 258 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      A vivid and funny first novel about three generations of a Cuban family divided by conflicting loyalties over the Cuban revolution, set in the world of Havana in the 1970s and '80s and in an emigre neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is a story of immense charm about women and politics, women and witchcraft, women and their men.

      Dreaming in Cuban
      3.7
    • "From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a new novel that follows three generations of a divided family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, America, Germany, and Russia in the new millennium"-- Provided by publisher

      Vanishing Maps
      3.6
    • Monografie sleduje interjazykový soubor českých a slovenských studentů španělštiny na Filozofické fakultě Masarykovy univerzity. Zaměřuje se na rozbor chyb v psaném projevu a klade si za cíl odhalit jejich stereotypní zaužívanost a vývoj v průběhu bakalářského studia. Výzkum vychází z esejí zpracovaných v rámci předmětu jazykového semináře I–IV (2014–2017). Všechny lexikální a gramatické chyby byly klasifikovány, a byla tak vytvořena „gramatika chyb“. Většina chyb vykazuje univerzální učební strategie bez ohledu na mateřský jazyk studentů. Vliv českého a slovenského jazyka je více patrný u chyb lexikálních, které jsou způsobeny odlišnými interferenencemi, výpůjčkami a faux amis. Další rozdílností slovenských studentů oproti českým je větší rozsah jejich esejí. Písemný projev slovenských studentů je odvážnější také ve výběru složitějších jazykových struktur.

      Análisis de errores en la interlengua de aprendices de ELE universitarios checos y eslovacos
    • De zusters Agüero

      • 298 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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.

      De zusters Agüero