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Hugo La Rosa (2008)
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A collection of short stories, "The Visit" will fascinate the reader from the start. It has been said that there is no love without knowledge: that by getting to know ourselves in extreme situations, while perceiving the voice of the Spirit, we'll ultimately personify the eternal verities of our most important knowledge, ourselves. The characters in the story share with us their spiritual longings for a change of heart , their love for life, and their genuine aspirations for their own vision of the American Dream. They know for sure that without the spiritual element, their dream fades, leaving behind the undesirable reality of a world in turmoil, entrenched in their selfish notions of "truth". They know, in sum, what it takes to be courageously human. "The Visit" is a collection of short stories beautifully crafted and carefully written. Set in Peru, and New York, they portray the precarious lives of heroic people who share with us their sublime, enchanted version of the American Dream. These are characters with a heart, who open before us an in- depth vision of what it takes to be courageously human, with a genuine aspiration to personify their own, unique truth. They simply clamor for love and our compassionate recognition of their spiritual longings, their rightful, existential validation in an often frenzied and violent world.