Drown (short story collection)
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Drown is the semi-autobiographical, debut short story collection from Dominican-American author Junot Díaz that address the trials of Dominican immigrants as they attempt to find some semblance of the American Dream after immigrating to America. The stories are set in the context of 1980s America, and are narrated by an adult who is looking back at his childhood. Drown was published by Riverhead Books in 1996.[1]
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Author | Junot Díaz |
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Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
Genre | Fiction, Short story collection |
Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication date | 1996 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 208 |
ISBN | 1-57322-606-8 |
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Drown precedes his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the short story collection This Is How You Lose Her. Drown is dedicated to his mother, Virtudes Díaz.