A History of Light
by Alvaro Cardona-Hine

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Book Review: I wanted to fall in love when I read this book
Summary: 5 Stars

Two years later, I discover The History of Light.

I loved reading this book, I savored every minute of time that it took to read, and I walked away thinking love should be just like this

It is an adult version of childhood romance; it's also a remembering of loss. Sometimes on the border of being sentimental, it's very sweet. The prose is elegant,the words and ideas simple, without being simplistic. My favorite passage reads "Whatever seemed unfinished once now is undefinable. I had thought God interested in creating puzzles out of life when He had meant for me to stand in awe of beauty. What an easy thing to feel that is when it's messenger stands before me."

Another passage, worth noting, reads "Your fingernails, little as they are, have small white moons sailing over their crests. And your face has freckles, as though it had lain a whole night exposed to the elements and your skin had photographed the stars."

Summary of A History of Light

Cardona-Hine wrote this book while stranded by a blizzard in a small town in Minnesota. "Suddenly, there she was, this apparition from the Thirties. In five days all white with tons of snow the book wrote itself, so effortlessly I had to change nothing, not even the names I felt incumbent to leave out so that those who read the story can supply their own, out of their own unsullied past."

The author has thirteen previous titles including translation, memoir, and poetry. The smaller size (6 x 6 1/2 inches) is intended as an invitation to take the book in hand to read aloud to friends or lovers, or carry in a pocket to remind you to open your heart to love. Gate flaps add to the elegance of the edition along with the exquisite cover drawing by Cardona-Hine.

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