Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

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ISBN9780571239733
AuthorsJunot Diaz
PublisherFaber & Faber
FormatPaperback
Number of pages352
Weight (kg)0.284
Publishing Date05/02/2009
Price (excl. tax)€14.15
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Price (incl. tax)€15.00
Availability13 units

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A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
#11 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century''

A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar''s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family''s uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back.

''The Best Novel of the 21st Century to Date'' - BBC Culture.