Men may feel they get the upper hand by treating women poorly, but long before "me too" Yunior told us otherwise in these stories and in the novel. Reread these after recent revelations by both Junot Díaz & women who were victimized by him. I was interested to see how this would affect the readin...
Junot Diaz was a new name to me when I discovered his enticing collection of short stories, This Is How You Lose Her. I immediately thought that the stories would have been heartbreaking based on the title, but don't think for a minute that failed relationships is all there is to this book. This I...
Earlier this year I read Junot Díaz's first and only novel to date, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and was smitten by it. A large part of why that book was so enjoyable was the point-of-view of it's omniscient narrator Yunior. While Oscar was never able to find a girl, Yunior never seemed ab...
The great Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell most famously wrote that "you don't know what you got 'till its gone." What you realize after reading some of these stories is the lack of perspective that enables mistakes in relationships (usually from the men's side) to ultimately lead to the end...
What can I say about Junot Diaz's This Is How You Lose Her except that it's absolute perfection? Not a single boring story to be found here, and to list my favorite stories would be pointless, as I'd most likely list every single one in the collection. If you've read his previous collection, Drown...
I've been seeing this book long before but haven't really had the urge to pick it up and read it. At first, I thought it's another YA book about a cheesy romance that resulted to a bad break-up or something, but this book is beyond that simple equation. This book is mostly focused on, Yunior, a Domi...
Love fades. Love is passionate. Love is obsessive. Love is reckless. Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Diaz pens a collection of short stories with a central theme: irresistible love.At the heart of every story is Yunior. Through his memories, readers get a glimpse of his experiences with women. My major ...
I'm surprised how much I liked this. The beginning was not promising for me -- Yunior is obsessed with sex and has a dirty mouth, using swear words I don't even understand. He has little regard for his girlfriend until she dumps him for cheating. But as he starts recounting past failed relationships...
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