White Light

Name: White Light
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Vanessa Garcia
ISBN: 9781684574223

Author: Vanessa Garcia

Narrator: Kyla García

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 11/12/2019

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

Just before her father's sudden death, Cuban-American artist Veronica Gonzalez is offered her first gallery exhibit, a real chance to break into the art world. Torn between the need to mourn and the pressure to create new artwork, Veronica is propelled into a fever-dream of productivity and grief, amidst memories of her tumultuous relationship with her colorful but infuriating Cuban émigré father, a volatile man of outsize appetites and passions who never stopped longing for his homeland. Praised by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka for its "lyrical pace and texture," White Light maps a young woman's struggle to distill her grief, rage, and love onto the canvas.

About Vanessa Garcia

Born in Miami to Cuban emigre parents, Vanessa Garcia is a multidisciplinary writer and artist whose paintings and installations have been exhibited throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Her most recent plays include The Cuban Spring; Grace, Sponsored by Monteverde; and The Crocodile's Bite.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susanna

This first novel by a very accomplished writer (and artist) is moving, beautifully written, and creatively designed. If you're intrigued by the interplay of the literary and visual arts, or by how we juggle art, love, grief, family, and making a living, do check this one out. Shortly after Miami arti......more

Goodreads review by Vivian

As a Cuban born Miamian, when I read things like "freakia" or "Mi hormigita" or "I just wanted to go to Tamiami Park", I'm so in! Vanessa Garcia's story of growing up in a Cuban-American family is like all other Cuban-American stories... familiar. But not a boring kind of sameness. More like the fee......more

Goodreads review by Gerald

“It’s a good story story, and a great book.” One of the best two books I've read this year (the other was Booker winner The Sellout). This was an amazing read. Very well written, artfully constructed, skilfully executed. Through the family story of the main character, we are propelled along her strugg......more

Goodreads review by Marybeth

Great writing. Great characters. Great story, addressing (and addressing well) issues as diverse as obesity, love, race and what it means to be an artist. Highly recommended.......more