Drown
Originally published in 1997, Drown instantly garnered terrific acclaim. Moving from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, these heartbreaking, completely original stories established Diaz as one of contemporary fictions most exhilarating new voices.
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What Hacker News says
- The article doesn't suggest any books to replace Catcher in the Rye. I would probably suggest "Drown" by Junot Diaz:
http://www.amazon.com/Drown-Junot-D%C3%ADaz/dp/1573226068
But Catcher in the Rye is a great and captivating story in its own right and doesn't really need to be replaced... though it would be great if schools taught edgier fiction these days.
- Read: "Galápagos" - Kurt Vonnegut
(re)Reading: "Drown" - Junot Díaz
