The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
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Publisher description: Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ-the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.
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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 relationsTimes
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
February 6, 2008, Thorndike Press
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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
September 6, 2007, Riverhead Hardcover
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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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