Snapping Lines (Camino del Sol)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816520763 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 137 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great collection Michael Podolny If you enjoy stories by the likes of Carver, this book is definitely for you. These stories are like quiet explosions, sneaking up on you with a surprising punch, even though the language is spare and low-key. The segues are a particular treat, tying the stories together into a coherent whole. More than just a collection, this book is a complete piece of work that works together beautifully. "La Luz" and "A Place in France" are my best picks.
Jack Lopez writes about people who have adopted a stoical indifference to a world in which they always seem to find themselves on the losing end. A drunken man picks up a girl hitchhiker and remembers what it once felt like to have feelings for someone else . What does it mean to be male in a world in which old borders no longer exist? How can a man have a relationship if he doesn't even know who he is—and what better way to find out than by committing to a woman? Snapping Lines brings familiar and new stories together in a collection that explores the lives of loners searching for love. They focus on men—often working men in the building trades—who construct their lives through their work and live in perpetual limbo because they don't know who they are. Men who stumble onto the relationships they need almost
Rich, moody Chicano adagios." —Kirkus Reviews "The author's concise, straightforward voice serves him well in setting up scenarios that express both inner state of mind and outer observation of locale. You've gotta respect Lopez for calling a spade a spade." —Santa Fe New Mexican. Snapping Lines never compromises on the desperation and truth of its characters' existences. First Place, Best Literary Short Stories, Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2002 "The author of Cholos & Surfers sends a Latino flicker along the nerves in these 12 stories set largely in the Southwest and southern California