The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Word Count
84,750 words, Guess
Page Count
339 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17237830M
- ISBN-139781594489587
- ISBN-101594489580
- OCLC Control Number191929189
- OCLC Control Number123539681
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- OCLC Control Numberbriefwondrouslif00da
- Library of Congress Control Number2007017251
- Goodreads297673
- LibraryThing3165787
Classifications
- LCCPS3554.I259 B75 2007
- DDC813/.54
Description
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.
Description
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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- Fiction
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