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For a similarly connected set of short stories, see The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat, an award-winning Haitian-American writer.
For another coming-of-age tale centering on Dominican-American experience, see How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, a 1991 novel by Julia Alvarez.
For the continuation of the character of Yunior, see Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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The Question and Answer section for Drown is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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Beto is Yunior's childhood friend. He appears in "Drown." He is currently a student in college and a gay man. The narrator remembers his intense desire to leave their town: "Beto was leaving for college at the end of the summer and delirious at...
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