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Free read Light Action in the Caribbean Stories · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Moving from fable and historical fiction to contemporary realism this book of stories from Barry Lopez is erotic and wise full of irresistible characters doing things they shouldn't do for reasons that are mysterious and irreducible In The Letters of Heaven a packet of recently discovered 17th century Peruvian love letters presents a 20th century man with the paralyzing choice of either protecting or exposing thei Barry Lopez s stories are wonderfully delicate Not in the sense of being soft or sentimental or flowery but its like they have a highly textured and fragile surface The characters in his stories recognize that their life all their hopes and dreams depends upon the careful balance of this surface and the lightness of their tread upon it and they are drawn into a profound respect and deep reverence for its harmony In this way his stories are usually heading toward the intersection of the physical and the spiritual I like the ways his characters are seeking the intentionality with which they move For this reason the title story comes as an extra shock It follows the trajectory of characters heading the opposite way a direction he does not usually go And because of this the story was so profound and unsettling A worthwhile read and really works as a counterpoint to the Flannery O Connor book of essays I just read and the different ways that authors use violence I would like to listen to a conversation between them

Free read Light Action in the Caribbean Stories · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Rs who insist on the life of the spirit; a postcard paradise that turns into nightmareLight Action in the Caribbean has already been hailed by Russell Banks as tough minded emotionally turbulent and always intelligent E Annie Proulx describes these stories as subtle and mysterious and says that a reader cannot leave Lopez's fictional territory unchanged This is a book that breaks exciting new ground for Barry Lope Lopez s writing is lovely on a sentence level but his stories were either short meditation on an academic subject or all build up for a spark of action The Title story Light action in the Caribbean was my favorite story It is centered on a woman who has learned to dive for an all expenses paid Caribbean vacation with her money flashing boyfriend As she gets ready for the dive she begins to realize that he is a douche The ending was shocking and uite thought provoking I wish the rest of the stories had provided the same interest

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Free read Light Action in the Caribbean Stories · PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook R stunning secret When some young boys on the lookout for easy money get caught with a truckload of stolen horses thievery uickly turns into redemption For a group of convicts a gathering of birds in the prison yard may be the key to transcendence both figurative and literal And with the title story Lopez enters a territory of unmitigated evil reminiscent of Conrad Here are saints who shouldn't touch but do; sinne Highlights Remembering Orchards Thomas Lowdermilk s Generosity The Construction of the Rachel

• Paperback
• 176
• Light Action in the Caribbean Stories
• Barry Lopez
• English
• 20 May 2018
• 9780679754480