Drown
内容简介
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. "
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作者简介
Junot Diaz was born in Dominican Republic and moved to United States at six.He published the stories in this book Drown in The New Yorker.Later one of his book won Plitzer Prize that year. His story focuses on the life of immigrant which related to his own experience.
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目录
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读书文摘
……他是照片里的士兵。他是一团雪茄烟，那气味在他留下的制服里还有迹可寻。他是我朋友们的爸爸们，街角玩多米诺骨牌的人的零星议论，是妈妈和姥爷的只言片语。我根本不了解他。我不知道他已经抛弃了我们，对他的等待不过是一种谎言。
这桩韵事就像客厅地板上的一个洞，我们一旦习惯了避着走，就忘了那里还有个洞了。
他不介意去任何地方。他那个年纪的人就想离开家，去结识那些不曾与他一起成长的人。 我从来不愿意离开家。凭直觉我知道距离是多么容易坚牢起来，成为永远的阻隔。
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