The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao /
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 m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Riverhead Books,
[2007]
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 339 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008 |
| ISBN: | 1594489580 9781594489587 0739494287 9780739494288 1594483299 (pbk.) 9781594483295 (pbk.) |