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This is where I will be posting public content from my professional life as well as aspects of my personal life and hobbies. After 30 years of developing products and software systems for the Internet, I am finally starting to put a bit more public information on the Internet. As with nearly everything else on the Internet, this is very much a work in progress.
tl;dr: A portrait of the artist as a young man wildly out of sync with his culture and heritage...
Junot Díaz has created a sweeping masterpiece with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a deserving choice for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2008. Díaz brings the history and culture of the Dominican Republic and lower-class immigrants in New Jersey to life by creating memorable characters and putting them in situations that seem both plausible yet fantastical at the same time. He simultaneously explores both mystical beliefs and the hard realities of street life, showing how the former influences the latter. He does this all with an engaging, easily understood storyline that keeps the reader’s interest. I doubt anyone will be bored by this book...
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