ACCLAIM FOR BARRY LOPEZ’S

Light Action in the Caribbean

“Lopez displays his skill for description in writing that’s precise, gorgeous [and] arresting.”

—Rocky Mountain News

“Reveals our comfort with work, our imperfections in love, our capacity for violence, and our longing for grace.”

—Austin Chronicle

“Has the precision of a well-oiled rifle—and the kick.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“The stories carry the reader through explorations of place, of time, of tradition, of memory and of self.”

—The Plain Dealer

“A tautly rich, rewarding read.”

—The Denver Post

“These are characters we know, or wish to have known. We dream to share their fortitude, their attempt at equilibrium, the magic launched from their each and every conundrum.”

—The Bloomsbury Review