1. Exciting and inviting cover refresh for paperback edition 2. For fans of David Benioff's City of Thieves 3. As author Cristina Garcia says, "To live in Berlin is to live among its ghosts. I set out to capture the city's fascinating incongruities." A wonderful and truly literary new novel 4. A portrait of a city through multiple snapshots, a mosaic of contemporary Berlin and its legacies, a meditation on voice and mystery 5. Author is a National Book Award finalist, Guggenheim Fellowship-winner, and Whiting Writers' Award-winner 6. Garcia, a Cuban-American writer, can and will be a literary…mehr
1. Exciting and inviting cover refresh for paperback edition 2. For fans of David Benioff's City of Thieves 3. As author Cristina Garcia says, "To live in Berlin is to live among its ghosts. I set out to capture the city's fascinating incongruities." A wonderful and truly literary new novel 4. A portrait of a city through multiple snapshots, a mosaic of contemporary Berlin and its legacies, a meditation on voice and mystery 5. Author is a National Book Award finalist, Guggenheim Fellowship-winner, and Whiting Writers' Award-winner 6. Garcia, a Cuban-American writer, can and will be a literary voice to consult in the ongoing renewed interest in Cuba after the reopening of diplomatic relations 7. The New York Times named Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban one of "25 Great Books by Refugees" 8. Berlin is a perennial favorite city of world travelers', and this novel is the perfect gift for those fond of and familiar with its streets, and for those about to venture into its complicated histories for the first timeHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
CRISTINA GARCÍA the author of seven novels, including: Dreaming in Cuban-a finalist for the National Book Award-The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador's Hotel, and King of Cuba. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages. García has edited anthologies, written children's books, published poetry, and taught at universities nationwide. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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CONTENTS Prologue 5 I. THE FLAMING COMMON 9 Moths 11 Kidnapped 17 Tomb 25 Criminals 31 Spy 37 Nurse 41 Dance Craze 47 II. INVISIBLE BODIES 55 The Visitor 57 Nazi Sex Club 61 Eye Doctor 65 Little Goldfish 71 The Captain 75 Doppelgänger 79 Reichstag 83 Tango 87 Flowers 91 Amnesia 95 Antiques 99 III. WAR FUGUES 105 The Visitor 107 Preachers 111 Breeder of Gods 117 Skies 121 Kiosk 125 Hunters 129 Swan 133 Missing 137 TRIO (CODA) 141 Sachsenhausen 143 Großmutter 147 Gypsy 151 r IV. LAST RITES 155 The Visitor 157 Mirror 161 Geology 165 Signals 173 Punk 181 Zhukov (Secret) Admiration Society for Ladies 185 Bongos 189 Last Kaffee 193 Tuxedo 197 Epilogue 203 Acknowledgments 207
