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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2007.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...

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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Junot Díaz
ISBN: 9781594489587 1594489580
OCLC Number: 123539681
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008
Description: 339 p. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: 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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