From Library Journal
This duo of novel and novella were initially published in 1985 and 1984, respectively. The former (LJ 11/1/85) concerns an author whose life is interrupted by two friends, one of whom brings along Louisa Domic, a Chilean refugee seeking asylum. The second volume concerns the relationship between the narrator and his dog, Shawno. LJ's reviewer found it "evocative and elegantly written" (LJ 11/1/84).Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

This duo of novel and novella were initially published in 1985 and 1984, respectively. The former (LJ 11/1/85) concerns an author whose life is interrupted by two friends, one of whom brings along Louisa Domic, a Chilean refugee seeking asylum. The second volume concerns the relationship between the narrator and his dog, Shawno. LJ's reviewer found it "evocative and elegantly written" (LJ 11/1/84).

New York Times Book Review

By the author of Oilers and Sweepers, and Other Stories."Immensely moving"

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Luisa Domic is a labor of the heart and the spirit, and will call forth heart and spirit in anyone willing to suspend fashionable despair. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz

I was immensely moved by Luisa Domic, quite beautiful and quite terrifying, and with the most perfect tact and artistic control. — Oliver Sacks