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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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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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Cover of: La Brve Et Merveilleuse Vie Doscar Wao
La Brve Et Merveilleuse Vie Doscar Wao
2010, 10 * 18
Cover of: La brève et merveilleuse vie d'Oscar Wao
La brève et merveilleuse vie d'Oscar Wao
2009, Plon
in French
Cover of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
February 6, 2008, Thorndike Press
Hardcover in English - Lrg edition
Cover of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2008, Faber and Faber
Cover of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2008, Riverhead Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao
2008, Vintage Español
in Spanish
Cover of: La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao - 1. edición
La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao - 1. edición
2008, Penguin Random House
Cover of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
September 6, 2007, Riverhead Hardcover
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
2007, Riverhead Books
in English
Cover of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2007, Riverhead Books
in English

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335

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OL24092025M
ISBN 13
9780571179558

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