![]() ![]() ![]() I have come across enough conversations about “The Great American Novel” to understand that these don’t consider an author like Díaz, a book like “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ,” whose immigrant journey travels vertically, not horizontally, whose cultural identity is cultivated by a pan-American consciousness. ” When I finally picked up the book, I knew I held something special in my hands. But on impulse I decided to accept the assignment, if anything, as an excuse to read the long-anticipated novel by the author of “Drown. I was on my way to Switzerland, so I almost passed on reviewing the book because of its length - I had promised myself I was going to dedicate my writing time in Europe to my own work. ![]() Six months before its official release in 2007, the galley arrived in my mailbox. ![]()
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