Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

[BrazenMuse]

This book was immense FUN! Diaz already proved himself a writer to watch with his collection "Drown" - which I highly recommend - that documents growing up Dominican in the NY/NJ area with style and flair.
The new book? Oh what fun! Learned a bit about Dominican history, enjoyed the jokes...

[Grey Marl]

wow was this his debut a long time coming? it must be 10 or so years since Drowned. have to check it out asap

[BrazenMuse]

wow was this his debut a long time coming? it must be 10 or so years since Drowned. have to check it out asapThat's what I was thinking...teaching at MIT is giving him fits? Actually...it's worth the wait as far as I'm concerned...but whaddo I know, I'm a geek.

I use stories from Drown for teaching, loads of fun!!!

[12th house]

I loved Drown! He was so hyped when that book came out, then he disappeared. Nice to see him publishing again, will have to check this one out.

[BrazenMuse]

I loved Drown! He was so hyped when that book came out, then he disappeared. Nice to see him publishing again, will have to check this one out.

did you?

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[kara]

This book was immense FUN! Diaz already proved himself a writer to watch with his collection "Drown" - which I highly recommend - that documents growing up Dominican in the NY/NJ area with style and flair.
The new book? Oh what fun! Learned a bit about Dominican history, enjoyed the jokes...

this book is HARD , is what it is. I'm trying to catch all the historical inforamtion in the damn footnotes so I can even understand the thing. But I'm only through the introduction. I hope it starts to flow better soon.

[El Mayimbe]

OH MY FUCKIN GOD!!!


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a fukin mazing





if anyone wants to truly understand a nice glimpse into why we dominicans are kinda wacked out in the head but amazing characters :mwink: this book is a mos def must read. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[BrazenMuse]

this book is HARD , is what it is. I'm trying to catch all the historical inforamtion in the damn footnotes so I can even understand the thing. But I'm only through the introduction. I hope it starts to flow better soon.
Really? Just relax. You can come back to the footnotes! There is a great deal of historical info, but you don't need to "study" it to get the gist. Another teacher friend of mine (who has been teaching 30 years) said that she'd replace Catcher in the Rye with it as a great coming of age story...

[kara]

i have a date tonight with a guy who went to school with the author... it was our conversation starter. how much he dislikes junot diaz. LOL

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in the end , I loved the book. my favorite character is the sister.

[El Mayimbe]

i have a date tonight with a guy who went to school with the author... it was our conversation starter. how much he dislikes junot diaz. LOL

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in the end , I loved the book. my favorite character is the sister.

:scared:

how can you NOT like Junot?



well, obv, im not aware of his personality but I had a friend who studied under Diaz and says he's a cool guy





sidenote: a good novel in regards to the "greatness" of Trujillo is "Feast Of The Goat" by Mario Vargas Llosa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Goat) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Feast_of_the_Goat.jpg

[BrazenMuse]

:scared:

how can you NOT like Junot?



well, obv, im not aware of his personality but I had a friend who studied under Diaz and says he's a cool guy





sidenote: a good novel in regards to the "greatness" of Trujillo is "Feast Of The Goat" by Mario Vargas Llosa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Goat) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Feast_of_the_Goat.jpg

Cool! I think I will check it out! I love Diaz's work and so do my students...