Espacio

by Keith Hale

Cuando un pequeño en una bolera recibe su hamburguesa con queso de manos de un joven y guapo futuro cadete de la Fuerza Aérea, desarrolla un enamoramiento tan fuerte que, tres años más tarde, cuando el pequeño descubre la ciudad natal del joven, toma su bicicleta y sale en su búsqueda. La relación que se desarrolla entre los dos chicos es una de las más conmovedoras y seductoras de la literatura sobre la mayoría de edad. Keith Hale, autor de Cody conocido por sus honestos retratos de la vida y la sexualidad del joven adulto, ha escrito una hermosa historia con personajes con quienes los lectores querrán entablar una amistad.

140 pages, Paperback

Published February 2, 2021

About the author

Keith Hale grew up in central Arkansas and Waco, Texas. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Following a five-year career as a journalist in Austin, Amsterdam, and Little Rock, Hale earned a Ph.D. in literature from Purdue and took a position teaching British and Philippine literature at the University of Guam. Hale writes both fiction and scholarly works including his groundbreaking novel Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada (Cody), first published in the Netherlands, and Friends and Apostles, his edition of Rupert Brooke's letters published by Yale University Press, London.

Keith's books are available from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords, Scribd, Odilo, Gardners, and OverDrive. Readers may follow new releases on the Watersgreen House website or Twitter account (watersgreenhaus).

Reviews

[TonyR · Rating 4 out of 5]

A moving story of first love delayed. It almost felt like we were over most of the tribulations and yet the cycle repeats. 5 years ago the narrative was a bit unrealistic but today quite imaginable again.

[Ricky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recently I've been reading all these books by Luke Hartwell/Keith Hale since reading and really liking Atom Heart John Beloved by "Luke Hartwell." I was already about 95% sure that Luke Hartwell was a pseudonym of Keith Hale, but this book makes it very clear, because it's almost an exact reprint of Nathan's Story by Luke Hartwell except that while Nathan's Story is a companion book to Atom Heart John Beloved, this book removes most of the content that has to do with John or at all with Nathan's life in Weston, Arkansas. It's basically all the parts with Nathan and Harper, almost verbatim from Nathan's Story. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed since I had hoped that this book would be from the perspective of Harper. Removed from the context of the story of Nathan and John, the story is engaging enough, but I found that I preferred Nathan's Story, partially because one of the truly special things about the John and Nathan books is how the author illustrates that we never really know each other as well as we think we do. Also, there's this engaging theme in the works of this author about men who see themselves as bad or corrupt in some way being drawn another man whom they regard as good, except both men see themselves as bad and their partner as good, and this theme is stronger in the Luke Hartwell novels I have read.

[Blanca · Rating 3 out of 5]

La historia es muy tierna y conmovedora, aunque la traducción al español es deplorable.