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 Jersey, these stories chronicle their outwardly cool but inwardly anguished attempts to recreate themselves in the midst of eroding family structures and their own burgeoning sexuality. The best pieces, such as "Aguantando'' (to endure), "Negocios,'' "Edison, NJ'' and the title story, portray young people waiting for transformation, waiting to belong. Their worlds generally consist of absent fathers, silent mothers and friends of questionable principles and morals. Diaz's restrained prose reveals their hopes only by implication. It's a style suited to these characters, who long for love but display little affection toward each other. Still, the author's compassion glides just below the surface, occasionally emerging in poetic passages of controlled lyricism, lending these stories a lasting resonance. BOMC and QPB alternates; foreign rights sold in Holland, Norway, Sweden, the U.K., Spain, France and Germany. (Sept.) FYI: Diaz was the only writer chosen by Newsweek as one of the 10 "New Faces of 1996."
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Junot Díaz
Junot Díaz é um escritor dominicano, naturalizado americano, ganhador do prêmio Pulitzer por seu romance <i>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</i> (2007). O romance é sobre uma saga de imigrantes dominicanos nos Estados Unidos. Sua família chegou a Nova Jersey quando ele tinha 7 anos e sua literatura é voltada para a dura realidade dos imigrantes latino-americanos nos Estados Unidos. Díaz é professor de textos criativos na Universidade de Syracuse, além de editor de ficção da revista Boston Review e já recebeu outros prêmios na área, como o Eugene McDermott Award (1998) e o Guggenheim Fellowship (1999). Também é autor dos livros de contos <i>Drown</i> (1996) e <i>This is How You Lose Her</i> (2012).
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