Books that change lives

TomWolfe321
Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:53:22 +0000

Another book that I didn’t read for school but still loved, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz (if I remember correctly?). It won the Pullitzer Prize in 2008. Great book; it was funny, sad, interesting, topical, etc. etc. I liked it especially because I had just been in the Dominican Republic and the book is more or less about that. Still, I think it’s worth a read for everyone.

It does “Latin American Literature,” or I guess I should say Spanish literature, really well without all of the stereotypical, flowery stuff that you find in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel (like literally eating roses…ugh I can’t stand it). I’ve yet to read Borges but I’m interested in him. What books would you recommend by him?