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The Dust in Sunlight by Christopher Rees

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By Christopher Rees


The dirt in Sunlight is a hybrid compilation - half memoir, half fiction - of tourists' stories by way of new author Christopher Rees that run the gamut from modern social realism and globalism to mystical realism. those deeply reflective tales - commonly advised in the course of the eyes of the peripatetic Daniel Lookfar - span numerous nations and continents; Afghanistan, France, Guatemala, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S.. during this exciting assortment, Rees illuminates how politics, wealth, background, migration, and tradition impression human interactions to create destiny. From the leafy middle of a woodland within the south of France, to cornfields within the Dominican Republic, to the dusty expanse of Afghanistan, The airborne dirt and dust in Sunlight reveals worlds right now overseas and standard, with unforgettable characterizations and frank observations of human behavior.

The stories:
In 'Shoes,' Rees explores the symbiotic courting among viewers to the small neighborhood of Olancho and its population. besides the traveler's experience of dislocation, language, wealth, and the prestige of the outsider all play an element in what arises whilst the 1st global meets the constructing global - each one hoping the grass is greener at the different side. As one reviewer hints, Shoes should be required analyzing for all those that trip to the 3rd global, and for all these within the 3rd global who think tourists from the 1st are a price tag to a greater life.
In 'The Peanut Man' we discover a light strength of nature, a curious emanation of basic good looks and calmness originating within the determine of a humble Guatemalan peanut vendor, spending his days less than the cruel vital American sun.
 
'Rock Steady' is a novel tale, an enigmatic story set in France that conveys an undercurrent of mysticism and a shamanic fascination with sacred areas and mysterious forces.
 
'The Caseta Pepsi' tells of 'dreams come real' opposed to the backdrop of a small snack bar on the foot of the Rio Dulce bridge. The naïve hopes of its proprietors and the ironies in their event are obvious via a convergence of viewpoints, because the spiraling narrative leads the reader on a trip to the center of paradise in a Mayan village.
 
'Thank God it is Raining' tells the tale of an archetypally strong, easy, subsistence farmer and his hot, companionable, hardworking spouse; their love for the land and their religion persist within the face of adversity.
 
'The Rinse Bowl on the Mexican Dentista' recounts an event, straight away painful and humorous, that occurs at a dentist's place of work in a dreamlike, late-20C, vaguely mythic Mexico.
These and different tales shape the interesting composite of tourists' stories that make up The airborne dirt and dust in Sunlight.

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