Olga Dies Dreaming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Before You Read Beta

Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1

Parts 2-3

Parts 4-5

Parts 6-7

Parts 8-9

Parts 10-11

Parts 12-13

Parts 14-16

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. Compare and contrast historical accounts of these storms with the effects we see in this novel. Which aspects of the storms does Gonzalez stress and why?

What role do real estate development and real estate developers play in this novel? Contrast the novel’s treatment of home ownership versus property ownership.

Who is Olga at the end of the novel? Is she like the Olga of “Puerto Rican Obituary” or Olga Garriga? Why?