Junot Diaz, Author . Riverhead $24.95 (339p) ISBN 978-1-59448-958-7
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Areader might at first be surprised by how many chapters of a book entitled The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
are devoted not to its sci fi–and–fantasy-gobbling nerd-hero but to his sister,...
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Junot Diaz, Author Riverhead Hardcover $21.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-57322-041-5
The 10 tales in this intense debut collection plunge us into the emotional lives of people redefining their American identity. Narrated by adolescent Dominican males living in the struggling communities of the Dominican Republic, New York and New...
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Junot Díaz. Riverhead, $26.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-59448-736-1
Decisively back in the form that permanently etched his name onto a list of unforgettable writers, Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) brings life to the short story with a voice that demands attention. Often caught between hopeless...
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Junot Díaz, read by the author. Penguin Audio, unabridged, five CDs, 5.25 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-61176-110-8
Pulitzer Prize–winner Díaz delivers a collection of linked short stories that focus on love and the challenges it brings Dominican men grappling with their heritage, socioeconomic status, the legacy of machismo, and modern women. As a reader, Díaz...
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Junot Diaz, Author, Junot Diaz, Editor , guest editor. Beacon $28.50 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6240-1
"I am a 34-year-old black woman, alive at the end of the 20th century and passing for sane. Believe me, that's saying something," writes Felicia Ward in "Good Night Moon," her restrained prose fraught with complex emotions as she
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Junot Diaz, Author, Jonathan Davis, Read by, Staci Snell, With , read by Jonathan Davis with Staci Snell. Penguin Audio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-314280-5
What a bargain to have Díaz’s short story collection, Drown
, included (on the last five CDs) with the talented, emerging Dominican-American writer’s first novel. Davis reads both superbly. He captures not only the fat, virginal,...
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Junot Díaz, illus. by Leo Espinosa. Dial, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2986-0
From its very first sentence, this first picture book from Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) is both beautifully nuanced and instantly comprehensible: “Every kid in Lola’s school was from somewhere else.” Lola is from a place that she...
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