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Drown

Drown

by Junot Diaz
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About this book

With ten stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, Junot Diaz makes his remarkable debut. Diaz's work is unflinching and strong, and these stories crackle with an electric sense of discovery. Diaz evokes a world in which fathers are gone, mothers fight with grim determination for their families and themselves, and the next generation inherits the casual cruelty, devastating ambivalence, and knowing humor of lives circumscribed by poverty and uncertainty. In Drown, Diaz has harnessed the rhythms of anger and release, frustration and joy, to indelible effect.

Book Details

ISBN13 9781573226066
ISBN10 1573226068
Series/Work OL3268320W View on OpenLibrary
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

american fiction American Short stories Cuentos dominicanos Dominican Americans Dominican americans, fiction Dominicano-americanos Dominican Short stories English & college success -> english -> fiction Ficción Fiction Fiction, short stories (single author) Hispanic & Latino Literary Literature Manners and customs Short stories Short Stories (single author) Social life and customs Spanish language materials Vida social y costumbres

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