On the autobús, Yunior goes to sit in the back while Rafa stays up front with the cobrador. Afterwards, they wait for an autobús (a minibus used for public transportation) with a young cobrador (the guy who collects the money from customers in an autobús). He decides that he and Yunior should track Ysrael down.įirst, Yunior and Rafa go to the colmado with two empty bottles of Coca-Cola, which they exchange for change. When Yunior tells his brother that he has seen Ysrael, Rafa expresses curiosity about Ysrael's face. In this memory, Ysrael was wearing a mask, which prevented Yunior from seeing his face. Yunior recounts seeing Ysrael for the first time the previous year, when a plane flew by to disseminate flyers for a wrestling match over their town. He developed myth-like status for the children of the campo, who often tormented him because of his physical deformity. When Ysrael was a baby, a pig attacked his face, leaving it scarred. Yunior moves on to think about Ysrael, who also lives in the campo. Yunior listens "in case these things might be useful in the future" (6). When they lay together at night, he tells his brother about the different girls he hooked up with. In the campo, Rafa is more open with Yunior about his sexual relationships with women. In the campo, however, they "were friends" (5). While they are living with their mother en el centro (the city), the brothers have a tense relationship, and Rafa picks on Yunior for his looks.
Yunior recounts that his relationship changes with his brother when they are in the campo together.
Yunior reveals that he and his brother are in el campo (the countryside) and that his mother "shipped" them out to live with family every summer. The speaker notices his brother tilt his head and say they should see Ysrael. They are on their way to the colmado (a local convenience store, canteen, and gathering space). The story opens with the speaker, Yunior, and his brother, Rafa. " Ysrael" is the first story of Junot Díaz's 1996 collection of short fiction, Drown.
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