Tengo visiones. No sé de donde vienen. Pero vienen. Ocurren cuando no las espero. Ocurren durante el día. Ocurren durante la noche. Camino por Halsted y tengo una visión. Tomo el tren y tengo una visión. Estudio en Starbucks y tengo una visión. Me ducho y tengo una visión.Así ocurren. Sin mi permiso. Cuando no las espero. Vienen cuando quieren. Son unos intrusos.
These are the first lines of “Daniel,” written by award-winning teacher and scholar Bill VanPatten. Third in the bridge literature series (“Ángel”, “Elena”), “Daniel” tells the story of a young Latino man about to graduate from college in Chicago. His life is interrupted as he begins to have visions. Afraid to confide in his grandmother, afraid to confide in his new romantic interest, Daniel begins to navigate a new world—with help from a surprising friend of the family. Where will his visions take him? And why does he have the same one over and over?