クリスティーナ・ガルシア（1958年–）は、キューバ出身のアメリカの小説家。幼いころに家族とアメリカへ渡った。長編デビュー作『Dreaming in Cuban』（未邦訳）では、キューバ革命を支持して島に残る祖母セリア、アメリカへ移住した娘ルルデス、母とは違ってキューバに心を引かれる孫ピラールを通して、離れて暮らす家族と政治的な対立を描いた。同作は1992年の全米図書賞最終候補となった。『ユミとソールの10か月』（I Wanna Be Your Shoebox）では、引っ越しや学校のオーケストラの存続を心配する少女ユミが、祖父ソールの重い病気を知り、彼の人生を聞き始める。ソールが語るのは、ユミと同じ年ごろに病気の母を亡くしたことなど、孫の知らなかった若い日の出来事だ。
Cristina García (born 1958) is a Cuban-born American novelist who moved to the United States with her family as a young child. Her debut novel, “Dreaming in Cuban,” follows three generations of women divided by the Cuban Revolution: Celia remains in Cuba and supports the revolution, her daughter Lourdes builds a life in the United States, and Lourdes’s daughter Pilar feels drawn to the island her mother left behind. The novel was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. In “I Wanna Be Your Shoebox,” Yumi worries about a possible move and the future of her school orchestra when she learns that her grandfather Saul is seriously ill. She asks him to tell her about his life, and he recalls experiences she has never heard about, including the loss of his mother when he was about Yumi’s age.
