The Line of the Sun
A Novel
Published on 7. October 2020
308 pages
978-0-8203-4010-4 (ISBN)
Description
"A colorful, revealing portrait of Puerto Rican culture and domestic relationship" from the award-winning poet and author of
An Island Like You(
Publishers Weekly).
Set in the 1950s and 1960s, The Line of the Sunmoves from a rural Puerto Rican village to a tough immigrant housing project in New Jersey, telling the story of a Hispanic family's struggle to become part of a new culture without relinquishing the old. At the story's center is Guzmán, an almost mythic figure whose adventures and exile, salvation and return leave him a broken man but preserve his place in the heart and imagination of his niece, who is his secret biographer.
"Cofer . . . reveals herself to be a prose writer of evocatively lyrical authority, a novelist of historical compass and sensitivity . . . One recognizes in the rich weave and vigorous elegance of the language of The Line of the Suna writer of authentic gifts, with a genuine and important story to tell."- The New York Times Book Review
"There is great strength in the way Cofer evokes the fierce, loving, and brave Latin spirit that is the novel's real theme."-Joyce Johnson, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author
" The Line of the Sunreads like a dream, from the beautifully realized description of the deceptive Paradise Lost, to the utterly different but equally vivid world of the urban North . . . This is a splendid first novel."- The State(Columbia, South Carolina)
"The writing in this superb novel stuns and surprises at every turn. Its sensuality and imagery . . . are riveting."- The San Juan Star
Set in the 1950s and 1960s, The Line of the Sunmoves from a rural Puerto Rican village to a tough immigrant housing project in New Jersey, telling the story of a Hispanic family's struggle to become part of a new culture without relinquishing the old. At the story's center is Guzmán, an almost mythic figure whose adventures and exile, salvation and return leave him a broken man but preserve his place in the heart and imagination of his niece, who is his secret biographer.
"Cofer . . . reveals herself to be a prose writer of evocatively lyrical authority, a novelist of historical compass and sensitivity . . . One recognizes in the rich weave and vigorous elegance of the language of The Line of the Suna writer of authentic gifts, with a genuine and important story to tell."- The New York Times Book Review
"There is great strength in the way Cofer evokes the fierce, loving, and brave Latin spirit that is the novel's real theme."-Joyce Johnson, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author
" The Line of the Sunreads like a dream, from the beautifully realized description of the deceptive Paradise Lost, to the utterly different but equally vivid world of the urban North . . . This is a splendid first novel."- The State(Columbia, South Carolina)
"The writing in this superb novel stuns and surprises at every turn. Its sensuality and imagery . . . are riveting."- The San Juan Star
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The Line of the Sun
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Judith Ortiz Cofer is The Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia.
