May 26, 2006

"Love and Ghost Letters"

20749867.jpg One of vacations greatest pleasures is the luxury of unscheduled time for reading. Early this morning I finished the wonderfully written magical “Love and Ghost Letters” by Chantel Acevedo.

I won’t give away any details and spoil the read for others. A nuanced novel, “Love and Ghost Letters” is centered around a parallel narrative between the main character's external existence and a clandestine spiritual hide-a-way.

In her acknowledgements, Ms. Acevedo writes, “I remember how I used to strain my eyes looking out at the horizon, sure I would be able to see Cuba from my place on the beach if the day was clear enough. Though I had never been there, I was attached to that slender chunk of land out in the ocean. Sometimes I swore I saw her. Impossible, of course, but I was fed on stories of a dream island where all things, nightmarish and beautiful, were possible.

”Love and Ghost Letters” transports us to that dreamed of Cuba, where we are caught between illusion, memory, and spirit. I didn’t want to leave.

Posted by Ziva at May 26, 2006 01:36 AM



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Just finished Chantel's book this afternoon... a *great* read, I must say.
So did, coincidentally, my daughter Ana, who claims to have grabbed the "second-to-last" copy available for sale at CubaNostalgia in Miami.
I want to say one thing to all you literature lovers out there: Please go and get a copy of this book, and *read* it. You won't regret it. It is worth every penny.
On a more personal basis, what a *joy* it was to meet writer Chantel Acevedo at CubaNostalgia last weekend. And her daughter Penelope and two grandmas were most welcome bonuses!
Julio

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