Beyond The Baths of Stars is refreshing, cool, and young, but at no point does it forsake its poetry, lyrical achievement and experimental quality. Schneider K. Rancy is a potent new voice, and a rightful heir to the traditions he inhabits. - Julia Kornberg, author of Berlin Atomized
Beyond the Bath of Stars boldly confronts the immense burdens of history, circumstance, and fate. When a mysterious encounter with a mystical woman unmoors him, protagonist Eurick goes adrift and dares to free himself from the burdens weighing down his life as the frustrated son of Haitian immigrants. Schneider K. Rancy captures the suffocating impact of systemic oppression, the intoxicating danger of surmounting it, and the hunger for rebellion with ethereal prose that blurs the line between our world and the next. Beyond the Bath of stars is a riveting, beautiful, and magical debut.
- Leila Renee, author of Soft Spots
Layers of storytelling run deep in BEYOND THE BATHS OF STARS. Distinctly Diasporic in breadth, Rancy poetically explores the heavy expectations placed on first generation children and the painful in-between-ness with which they must contend. Brave in its honesty and vulnerability, a wonderful debut. - Erin E. Adams, author of JACKAL and ONE OF YOU
A beautiful, kaleidoscopic novel about young people at the edge of their ambition. Through abstraction and adventure, Schneider K. Rancy tackles big ideas about absurdism, U.S. imperialism, and myth, and as an astute storyteller, he always returns to matters of the heart. Schneider K. Rancy makes me excited about the future of Caribbean-American letters.
- Alejandro Heredia, Author of Loca and Finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Rancy’s action-packed narrative has poetic imagery to spare, with “ruby taillights” that “disappear into the pink morning” and “lakes that mirrored the brilliant day.” It’s an inspired and promising first effort. - Publishers Weekly
