Vanishing Maps

by García, Cristina
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ISBN: 9780593534748
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From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a new novel that follows four generations of a divided family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, America, Germany, and Russia in the new millennium.

Celia del Pino, the matriarch of a once tight-knit Cuban family, has watched her descendants spread out across the globe, only to see them struggle to make sense of their transnational identities and strained relationships with one another. In Berlin, the charismatic yet troubled Ivanito performs on stage in his drag queen persona, La Ivanita, while being haunted by the ghost of his mother. In Moscow, Ivanito's cousin, Irina, has become the wealthy owner of a lingerie company, but she remains deeply lonely in the wake of her parents' deaths and her growing distance from her Cuban heritage. Meanwhile, still in Havana Celia prepares to reunite with her lost lover, Gustavo, and wonders whether age and the decades spent apart have altered their bond.

Cut off from their Cuban roots, yet still feeling the island's ineluctable pull, Ivanito and his far-flung family try to reimagine where--and with whom--they belong. Over the course of several months, each will grapple with their roles as descendants of the Cuban Revolution before being pulled to Berlin for a final, explosive reunion.

Set twenty years after the events in Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina García's new novel is an epic tale of family, devotion, and the timeless search for home.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: García, Cristina
  • ISBN: 9780593534748
  • Condition: Used
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2023
Language: English

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