Drown

1997

by Junot Díaz

Originally published in 1997, Drown instantly garnered terrific acclaim.

Moving from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, these heartbreaking, completely original stories established Díaz as one of contemporary fiction's most exhilarating new voices.

With ten stories that crackle with an electric sense of discovery, Díaz 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, Díaz has harnessed the rhythms of anger and release, frustration and joy, to indelible effect.

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240 Pages
Published by Riverhead Trade on Jul 01, 1997
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Review by sunbreak
Likeless so far. Lead the way
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