Customer Reviews

Negocios

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The reader above has just given this book 3 stars on the basis of the fact that he/she mistakenly thought it was a different book. Hardly fair to the author. The back of Negocios clearly states that it is a translated work and the inner page states even more clearly that it was published in English under the title Drown. "Este libro fue publicado por primera vez en ingles, en forma encuadernada, baja el titulo Drown por Riverhead Books." That this reader would review a wonderful book on the basis of the reader's own error is most unfair. Drown/Negocios, published in English/Spanish, is a glorious collection of stories and I recommend it to all lovers of good fiction.

Leyendo este libro me di cuenta de porque tan buenas criticas, lo lei despues de haber leido La maravillosa & breve vida de Oscar Wao, lo que puedo decir es que el potencial de Junot queda mas que plasmado en estas pequeñas historias.

Aunque hubiese sido mejor para mi una novela, o que los mismos cuentos fueran mas largos, sin dudas se disfrutan perfectamente.

Algo que realmente no me gusto, es el titulo, negocios es tan solo uno de los cuentos que se encuentran aquí y le da una percepción errada a quien ve la portada (si, se que los libros no se juzgan por la portada, pero algunas personas no pueden evitarlo), yo sin dudas hubiese escogido otro titulo.

Read and enjoy. It might be a bit vulgar,especially if you understand Spanish. Otherwise the story is well written and I enjoyed how the characters were intertwined from beginning to end.

Even though it has some profanity and whatever this is one of the most realistic books I've ever read. Not only is interesting but Mr. Dias goes into the dominican emphazis with out any barriers.

From the cover and title I wasn't aware that this was "Drown", another interesting book by Junot Diaz, translated into Spanish.