This is how You Lose Her
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz is a collection of linked narratives published by Faber & Faber in 2013, featuring 213 pages in English. The book explores various forms of love—passionate, illicit, dying, and maternal—through the experiences of New Jersey Dominicans navigating the intersection of their cultural identities.
Readers will find a vibrant portrayal of love’s complexities, as Díaz’s prose combines energy and inventiveness with moments of tenderness and humor. The stories delve into the infinite longing and vulnerabilities inherent in human relationships, emphasizing the enduring nature of passion. This edition offers a unique glimpse into the lives of its characters, reflecting on themes of romance and the emotional landscape of the Hispanic and Latino experience.
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Junot Diaz’s new collection, This Is How You Lose Her, is a collection of linked narratives about love – passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love – told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet. In prose that is endlessly energetic and inventive, tender and funny, it lays bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of the human heart. Most of all, these stories remind us that the habit of passion always triumphs over experience and that ‘love, when it hits us for real, has a half-life of forever.’
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