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Originally Posted by Bluesman7
Thanks, Mel. I just started it last night.
Knowing the area and having a fairly good command of Spanish seems to give me a leg up.
I'll be interested in seeing how this one plays out. I wasn't familiar with the author but after seeing the book mentioned on a number of "best of the decade" lists (from "The Millions" et al) I decided to give the book a shot.
You don't read a lot about Dominican nerds by and large.  |
It also won the Pullitzer in 2008.
I know a little Spanish but not really up to Dominican slang standards. There was one word in particular that puzzled me. I don't have a copy of the book on me but I remember being confused that the word (began with a "p") that was used to describe the barriers erected by the Trujillo regime from foreign influence was also used at one point to describe Oscar physically or characterwise. Of course, my Spanish is limited enough that it could have been a slightly different word where the difference made all the difference.
Mel