The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Paperback. Pub Date :2008-09-04 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey. hes sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next JRR Tolkien and he keeps falling...
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Paperback. Pub Date :2008-09-04 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey. hes sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next JRR 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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571241231 (0571241239)
ASIN: 0571241239
Publish date: 2008-09-04
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Loved the story line, loved the structure, loved the characters but hated the large volume of Spanish words with no translations or footnotes. (was running to the computer every few seconds)
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