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Vanishing Maps

Cristina García

Vanishing Maps returns to the García family, whose history of exile, migration, and political upheaval was introduced in Dreaming in Cuban. Moving between Cuba and the United States, the novel follows members of a family whose lives have been shaped by displacement, fractured relationships, and the complicated legacy of revolution. As the characters navigate different generations and cultural environments, they confront the question of what it means to belong to a country that may exist more vividly in memory than in everyday life. García explores the ways family histories are inherited, reinterpreted, and sometimes deliberately forgotten. Blending personal drama with the wider history of the Cuban diaspora, the novel examines how migration reshapes identity and how the search for home can continue long after a person has physically left it.

Cuba 2023