false<![CDATA[Ray of the Star]]>64819641An atmospherically intense love story and a thrilling, fantastical tale of lost souls in peril.
Set in a dream-like European city reminiscent of Barcelona, along a boulevard teeming with artists who perform as living statues, comes the beautiful and frightening story of a man running from his past, a woman consumed by grief, and the forces that pursue them both.
New to the city, Harry is drawn to the boulevard, and particularly to Solange, a silent, silver angel awash in Lucite tears and heartbreak. Haunted by his own mysterious tragedy, but determined to woo her, Harry visits Almundo’s Store for Living Statues and begins his transformation into the golden “Knight of the Woeful Countenance.”
A love story related in the dark, stylish noir of continental cinema and overlaid with a patina of Surrealism, this is a novel where friends are also informers, street theater is the lifeblood of culture, and refuge can be found in the belly of a yellow, papier mâché submarine.
As the lovers reckon with seers offering answers to insoluble questions, neighbors who take evening strolls with the dearly departed, critics who control more than artistic fate, and shoes determined to lead their wearers astray, they come to understand the price of survival and what it means to travel along the ray of the star.
Called “one of the most talented young writers on the American scene today” by Paul Auster, Laird Hunt is the author of three previous, genre-bending novels: The Impossibly, The Exquisite, and Indiana, Indiana. A former press officer at the United Nations and current faculty member at the University of Denver, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.6673227192009Ray of the Startotal:12|5:8|4:3|3:1|2:0|1:0|125543550falsefalseSun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009Thu Nov 12 21:50:57 -0800 2009Tue Nov 24 21:38:04 -0800 2009 This is one of those books that, having read it, I must go and buy everything else by Mr. Hunt. The narrator and his ponderous asides become a dear friend, although he is omniscient and obviously not a part of the story, making this metafi...more...]]>
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powells.com review: [But:] it's not all tragedy repercussions. Harry and Solange -- the silver woman -- fall for each other while being pushed around the city together, lying down inside the yellow submarine. There's no question that Hunt is taking a risk; it's a narrow line between the biz...more...]]>
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