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Old 12-17-2007, 06:49 AM
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Default Dominican writer wins best book of 2007 award !
"The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz was just named by TIME magazine as the best book of 2007 !!!!!!!!!!

This fictional book is all about the Dominican Republic and written by a Dominican.

Congratulations and well deserved !!! I loved every page of it.


BUY IT AND READ IT
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Old 12-17-2007, 07:04 AM
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Wonderful news for Junot Díaz and an honour for Dominicans everywhere. Bien merecido!

Here's a link: Top 10 Fiction Books - 50 Top 10 Lists of 2007 - TIME
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Old 12-17-2007, 10:31 AM
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Congrats to Junot!! I am reading it now - almost done.

A woman at work - who has no DR experience/knowledge - told me she really enjoyed it. I think there are so many references that she may not understand. But it obviously has wide spread appeal.
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I bought and read half the book yesterday and didn't want to put it down; it reminded me of my early years in the DR and NYC. He wrote on page 6 that he posted on DR1; nice plug!
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Ordered it from Barnes & Noble this morning...and I anxiously await its arrival! Great to hear all the positive feedback already.
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Has anyone read his 1st book?-- In English Drown or in Spanish Negocios?

Is it non-fiction? I have read that it was fiction and then I've seen that it was non- fiction. Anyone?
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Drown is an excellent book of short stories - mostly set in the DR - that got Junot Díaz noticed in the mid-1990s.
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