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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Living with an Old World mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and believes that a longstanding family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Díaz, Junot, 1968-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, 2008, c2007.
Edition:	1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:	Living with an Old World mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and believes that a longstanding family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness.
Item Description:	Reprint. Originally published: 2007.
Physical Description:	339 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	1594483299 9781594483295
Author Notes:	Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and was raised in New Jersey. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, African Voices, and Best American Short Stories. He wrote the story collection Drown and the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. His debut picture book is entitled Islandborn, published June 2018. He is a professor of creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Bowker Author Biography)