Drown
JUNOT DÍAZ

Drown by Junot Díaz 89 reviews (1996) (224p) ALA Notable Books - Fiction Finalist

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Product Description

A critically acclaimed debut collection of ten cynical and sentimental stories captures the bleakness of life, first in the Dominican Republic and then in New Jersey suburbia, for immigrants of color. Reprint. NYT. "

Amazon.com Review

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, devestating 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.

Other Award Winning Books by Junot Díaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 487 reviews (2007) (352p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Junot Díaz Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 3   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 2   Pulitzer Prize Wins 1 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ·   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 1 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 1 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 1 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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