Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao

Author : Junoz Diaz

Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9780571239733
ISBN(10) : 0571239730
Publisher : Faber and Faber
Imprint : Faber and Faber
Publication Date (AUS) : April 2009
Pages : 352
Height (mm) : 198
Width (mm) : 126
SpineWidth (mm) : 22
Weight (g) : 280
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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 Diaz 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 Diaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.

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