The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Document Type
Book
Description
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 Fuku-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.
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Riverhead Books
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2008 Fiction Winner
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction | History
Repository Citation
Diaz , J. (2007). The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
