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A construction worker takes up with the pregnant daughter of an acquaintanceand finds he doesnt control the relationship as much as he thinks he does...A couple searches for a lost dog along the beach because the dog is moreimportant than their relationship...A drunken man picks up a girl hitchhiker and remembers what it once felt liketo have feelings for someone else...What does it mean to be male in a world in which old borders no longer exist?How can a man have a relationship if he doesnt even know who he is and whatbetter way to find out than by committing to a woman?Snapping Lines brings familiar and new stories together in a collection thatexplores the lives of loners searching for love. Jack Lopez writes about peoplewho have adopted a stoical indifference to a world in which they always seem tofind themselves on the losing end.These stories explore Latino male identity and the forces that shape itfriends family and lovers culture place and relationships. They focus onmen often workingmen in the building trades who construct their livesthrough their work and live in perpetual limbo because they dont know who theyare. Men who stumble onto the relationships they need almost by accident. Menwho try to control their relationships but fail.Written in spare electric language and energized by memorable scenes thesestories enlighten as much as they entertain. When you have read Snapping Linesyou will come to see the faces of strangers in new and familiar ways. «
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