Review: Awaken the child within
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2012
I simply cannot say enough good things about THE SUN ZEBRA by Rolando Garcia.  This thoughtful collection of five short stories moved me in ways I never anticipated.  Garcia's prose is beautiful in its simplicity as it delivers quiet reminders to be mindful of all that is around us and not let the banalities of life blind us to what is good and what is possible.Garcia himself describes this work as "a children's book for grownups" and that is a perfect statement.  These stories are told from the perspective of the father of a young girl and Garcia shows us how this wonderfully precocious daughter's simple observations and actions serve to awaken the childlike spirit in a grownup who has, like so many of us, become more or less inured to the world around him.  Garcia's thought-provoking stories work to remind us all to not lose sight of what is around us, to take nothing for granted and to delight in the splendor of what is real as well as possibilities of what can be imagined. These are vital lessons and THE SUN ZEBRA teaches them gently and flawlessly.  This should be required reading for all grownups, parents especially.  It is a short story collection that should not be missed.