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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead) (Hardback)
$21.60 - Save $3.34 (13%) - RRP $24.94 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoRendering with warmth the endless human capacity to persevere, this is the long-awaited--and thrillingly satisfying--first novel from the unmistakable voice behind the short story collection "Drown."
Full description- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- Published: 06 September 2007
- Format: Hardback 339 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781594489587 ISBN 10: 1594489580
- Sales rank: 251,213
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Full description for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. 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 Fuk?-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. D?az immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" confirms Junot D?az as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.
