![]() ![]() ![]() But the real star of the book is Ari’s mind. And though the book is more than 500 pages, the chapters are short, sometimes only one paragraph long, so the story moves quickly. Sáenz’s prose is poetic, tender and philosophical, giving even the ordinary circumstances Ari faces a kind, enchanting glow. On top of this confusion, Ari is grappling with the pressure of being gay in a world that may not accept him and trying to stand tall when all around him is news of gay death as a result of the AIDS crisis.ĭespite the heaviness of the subject matter, “Waters of the World” is an endlessly charming novel. “I live in a confusion called love,” Ari writes in his journal (which is formatted as love letters to Dante). ![]() He is sure of his feelings for Dante, but he doesn’t know how romance fits within his world. The truth, Ari finds out, is that love is hard. Even in the groggy moments of post-slumber, they are smitten. Ari and Dante wake up in the back of Ari’s pickup truck, having accidentally fallen asleep while hanging out the night before. ![]() This second book opens in the dawn of a new day - literally. Over the course of that book, Ari slowly realized that his new friend, Dante Quintana, was in love with him and that he was in love with Dante in return. In “Secrets,” readers met Aristotle Mendoza, a Mexican American teenager living in El Paso in the ’80s. ![]()
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