Finalist for the 2012 National Book Award A Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more...
They remind us that passion always triumphs over experience, and that "the half-life of love is forever.".
In prose that is endlessly energetic, inventive, tender, and funny, these stories lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weakness of the human heart.
At the heart of these stories is the irrepressible, irresistible Yunior, a young hardhead whose longing for love is equaled only by his recklessness--and by the extraordinary women he loves and loses.
In Boston, a man buys his love child, his only son, a first baseball bat and glove.
In a New Jersey laundry room, a woman does her lover\'s washing and thinks about his wife.
On a beach in the Dominican Republic, a doomed relationship flounders.
Diaz\'s prose is vulgar, brave, and poetic." -O Magazine From the award-winning author, a stunning collection that celebrates the haunting, impossible power of love. "Electrifying." -The New York Times Book Review "Exhibits the potent blend of literary eloquence and street cred that earned him a Pulitzer Prize...
Finalist for the 2012 National Book Award A Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more..
