Eduardo Lago je autor, ktorého diela sa vyznačujú hlbokým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky a intelektuálnou provokáciou. Jeho próza, často zasadená do dynamického prostredia New Yorku, skúma zložité témy identity, pamäte a umeleckého vyjadrenia s vytvoreným štýlom. Lago majstrovsky spája naratívne línie a metaforické vrstvy, čím čitateľov vtiahne do bohatých a viacvrstvových svetov. Jeho literárny prínos spočíva v neotrelom pohľade na modernú existenciu a v schopnosti zachytiť jej podstatné nuansy.
Dziennikarz "New York Post" otrzymuje wiadomość, że jego przyjaciel, Gal Ackerman, starszy od niego o dwadzieścia pięć lat, nie żyje. Fakt ten obliguje bohatera do spełnienia niepisanej umowy: poskładać niedokończoną powieść z setek zeszytów pozostawionych przez Ackermana w jednym z brooklyńskich moteli. Niespełnionym pragnieniem ich autora było dotarcie z książką do jedynej czytelniczki, Nadii Orłow, o której od lat nikt nie miał żadnych wieści.
Junot Diaz made his remarkable debut as a writer with this collection of stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. The stories are all unflinching and strong and Diaz's prose crackles with an electric sense of discovery. In 'Ysrael', two brothers hunt a disfigured boy who hides behind a mask; in 'No Face', the mirror is flipped and the perspective belongs to the tormented. In 'Fiesta 1980', a spirited family gathering plays against the noiseless hum of a father's infidelities. In 'Boyfriend', a young man eavesdrops on the woman next door and colours in the life overheard with his own intense longing. There is an urgency and clarity to these beautifully crafted stories that renders them entirely of the moment. Diaz has veered off the well-travelled roads of contemporary fiction and captured a range of experience previously uncharted and now emphatically his own.
Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance.