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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz

From Shelf: The Immigrant Experience: OCR English Literature

Things have never been easy for Oscar. With dazzling energy and insight, Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar and his family and their attempts to find love and belonging. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is an exciting and completely original first novel from Junot Diaz.

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. With dazzling energy and insight, Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar and his family and their attempts to find love and belonging. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is an exciting and completely original first novel from Junot Diaz.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
352
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
ISBN:
9780571241231
Published Date:
4/9/2008
Dimensions:
180mm x 115mm x 20mm
Weight:
190g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780571241231

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