This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Díaz · b. 1968 · Dominican Republic / United States

Why it matters

Linked stories follow Yunior, serial cheater and Dominican-American striver, across decades of love affairs he keeps sabotaging. Díaz's Pulitzer-finalist collection extends Oscar Wao's voice into unsparing self-portraiture.

At a glance

Code-switching, slang-dense prose demands the same acclimation as Oscar Wao.