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This Is How You Lose Her

by Junot Díaz
This Is How You Lose Her - Thryft
This Is How You Lose Her - Thryft

Love and loss in Diaz's poignant stories.

This book is for readers looking for stories that follow the ebbs and flows of romantic relationships. Diaz's unique style of writing captures the complexities and emotions of his characters in a raw, realistic manner. Each story explores the many forms love can take, emphasizing the joy and pain that comes with it. Overall, This Is How You Lose Her is a great read for those who enjoy reflective and intimate short stories.

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Nominee (2013)
  • The Story Prize Nominee (2012)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2013)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2013)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for 'Miss Lora' (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

This Is How You Lose Her

by Junot Díaz
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ISBN: 9780571294213
Authors: Junot Díaz
Publisher: FABER
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 97558 readers)

Description

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.'
 

Love and loss in Diaz's poignant stories.

This book is for readers looking for stories that follow the ebbs and flows of romantic relationships. Diaz's unique style of writing captures the complexities and emotions of his characters in a raw, realistic manner. Each story explores the many forms love can take, emphasizing the joy and pain that comes with it. Overall, This Is How You Lose Her is a great read for those who enjoy reflective and intimate short stories.

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Nominee (2013)
  • The Story Prize Nominee (2012)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2013)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2013)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for 'Miss Lora' (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.