The Lake

By Daniel Villasenor

Book Overview

In the tradition of the finest American writers of the South and southwest, award-winning poet Daniel Villasenor stakes out new terrain in this exquisite debut novel.Written with bold thematic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670891614
• ISBN13: 9780670891610
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 1.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Underneath the stars

I have gratitude for this book. Daniel Villasenorbrings the reader deeper into the internal worldof understanding and feelings. He expresses thestrong desire to nuture and love. He reminds meof a modern James Joyce: these are so-calledbroken people who demonstrate a worldly capacityto know, to love, to care for. The book is freeof devices to engage the reader into an emotional state.It is real. It is honest.

Compelling story, masterfully written

I found myself unable to put this one down, except when I went to the dictionary to learn a few new words. You'll want to catch the nuances of each word in every sentence here, because the author uses every available word and device to convey a rich, full experience for his readers. Stream-of-consciousness lists, word combinations, extensive vocabulary, and Faulknerian sentences do not make this the easiest read, but the author "owns" these devices and uses them masterfully and judiciously to take the decided reader on a spiritual and thought-provoking journey.