A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.ĭiaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuk-the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Junot Daz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey.He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist and a debut picture book, Islandborn. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today.
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