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An edition of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (2 ratings) ·
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. From the back cover: "Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fuku - a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States and back again."

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Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
339

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Subjects

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=2007, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, Dominican Americans, Fiction, Large type books, Charms, Literary, Rites and ceremonies, Literature, love, families, Fiction, cultural heritage, Dominican americans, fiction, New jersey, fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Dominicano-americanos, Novela doméstica, Novela, Familia, Ficción, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Overweight men, Dominicas americanas, Dominican Americans -- Fiction, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-09-21, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, general, Dominican americans--fiction, Ps3554.i259 b75 2007, 813/.54, Charms--fiction, Ps3554.i259 b75 2008, Américains d'origine dominicaine, Mœurs et coutumes, Conditions sociales, Romans, nouvelles, Famille, Hommes obèses, Misfits (Persons), Eccentrics and eccentricities, Loss (Psychology), Interpersonal relations

Places

Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, New Jersey, République dominicaine

Times

20e siècle

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La Brve Et Merveilleuse Vie Doscar Wao
2010, 10 * 18
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La brève et merveilleuse vie d'Oscar Wao
2009, Plon
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2008, Riverhead Books
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La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao - 1. edición
2008, Penguin Random House
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
February 6, 2008, Thorndike Press
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La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao
2008, Vintage Español
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
September 6, 2007, Riverhead Hardcover
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2007, Riverhead Books
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Table of Contents

I.
Page 9
1. GhettoNerd at the End of the World 1974-1987
Page 11
2. Wildwood 1982-1985
Page 51
3. The Three Heartbreaks of Belicia Cabral 1955-1962
Page 77
4. Sentimental Education 1988-1992
Page 167
II.
Page 203
5. Poor Abelard 1944-1946
Page 211
6. Land of the Lost 1992-1995
Page 263
III.
Page 309
7. The Final Voyage
Page 315
8. The End of the Story
Page 323

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New York
Genre
Fiction

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3554.I259 B75 2007, PS3554.I259B75 2007, PS3554.I259 B75 2008

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Pagination
339 p. ;
Number of pages
339

ID Numbers

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OL17237830M
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ISBN 10
1594489580
ISBN 13
9781594489587
LCCN
2007017251
OCLC/WorldCat
191929189, 123539681
Library Thing
3165787
Goodreads
297673

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Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations.

With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar, his runaway sister Lola, their beautiful mother Belicia, and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back.

Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.

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