The narrator describes this feeling as being “particularly Jersey” in reference to the state of New Jersey, where Belicia and Lola spend most of their lives.
77īoth Belicia and Lola desire escape-but that desire is “inextinguishable.” So even when they are able to escape (as both of them are on a few occasions), they are still not satisfied. “, like her yet to be born daughter, would come to exhibit a particularly Jersey malaise-the inextinguishable longing for elsewheres.” Narrator, p. Oscar is starkly aware of how the supernatural events that occur in his favorite books (and comic books) are eerily similar to the historical and current events that have happened in the Dominican Republic and in his family’s history. Díaz parallels Dominican history with a variety of science fiction and fantasy texts. The quote hints at the fact sci-fi and fantasy references abound in the novel. Science fiction and fantasy become reality in the novel, and Oscar’s love for genre fiction stems from this awareness. “What more sci-fi than Santo Domingo? What more fantasy than the Antilles?” The narrator quoting Oscar, p.
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