
Son of the Dominican Republic and New Jersey, Junot Diaz made a huge splash a decade ago with a tough, vivid collection of short stories on Latino ghetto life called “Drown.” Now, Diaz is back with a debut novel that is knocking the socks off critics.
“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” tracks one heart-torn family from surreally brutal dictatorship in Santo Domingo to a sexy, urban, sci-fi, Spanglish tragicomedy in the USA. Time magazine calls it “astoundingly great.”
This hour, On Point: Junot Diaz and “Oscar Wao.”
-Tom Ashbrook
Guest:
Junot Diaz, author of the new book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” and the best-selling short story collection “Drown.”
Tags: books, Latino culture, literature













