In the Book Review, Leah Hager Cohen called Díaz's language "at once alarming and enthralling, even erotic in its assertion of sudden intimacy".
Junot Díaz writes in an idiom so electrifying and distinct it's practically an act of aggression, at once alarming and enthralling, even erotic in its assertion of sudden intimacy: "Dude was figureando hard.
She asserted that the Reagan recession was deeper and worse (a debatable assertion given the sudden and severe collapse in 2008).
I'd call this "pre-containment" or "containment-lite" — triggered in the last year by a sudden upsurge in China's assertion of claims to all of the South China Sea.
And the balancing of opposites, the rhythm of assertion and counter-assertion, the sudden questioning turns, all of it seems irresistibly like Florio's Montaigne, notably in the springy, self-surprised beat: How often do we pester our spirits with anger or sadness by such shadows and entangle ourselves into fantastical passions which alter both our mind and body?
Senior executives of the main South American unit, Parmalat Brasil, said they were "flabbergasted" and "overwhelmed" by assertions that it had helped propel Parmalat's sudden dive into insolvency.
Nevertheless, with so much sudden interest in Paul Ryan, Sunday's pundits offered up a wealth of quickly surmised assertions, snap judgments, and glib assumptions.
The American version of the collision, while flatly contradicting the assertion by a second Chinese jet pilot that the American plane caused it with a sudden, huge swerve, suggests the possibility of a genuine misunderstanding.
Both assertions are now looking rather doubtful.A barrage of data for August pointed to a sudden weakening in growth, catching many analysts and investors by surprise.
