The Canefields
The really brutal stuff in Wao always goes down in the canefields. If you're wondering where people get hurt, or where Trujillo's goons do their dirty work, it's here. If the Mafia got a foothold i...
The Mongoose
Did you even know what a mongoose was before reading this book? We didn't. Anyway, one of these scrappy little carnivorous beasts plays an important role in Wao. Why?Well, the Mongoose, who is...
The Man Without a Face
Have you ever suspected that your house is haunted? Maybe by someone who used to live there but met some terrible fate? Okay, we know that sounds like the plot of pretty much every ghost story ever...
La Página en Blanco [The Blank Page]
Kind of like the glass-half-full or glass-half-empty quandary, a blank page can feel either optimistic or foreboding, depending on your perspective. In Wao, Díaz uses the blank page to symbolize t...