The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

By Junot Díaz

Subjects: Charms--fiction, Conditions sociales, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-09-21, Dominican Americans -- Fiction, Literary, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Hommes obèses, Dominicas americanas, love, Novela, Fiction, Families, Ficción, Familia, Novela doméstica, Misfits (Persons), Loss (Psychology), Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, cultural heritage, 813/.54, Ps3554.i259 b75 2007, New jersey, fiction, Famille, Reading Level-Grade 11, Ps3554.i259 b75 2008, Rites and ceremonies, Open Library Staff Picks, Large type books, Dominican americans, fiction, New York Times bestseller, families, Literature, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Dominican americans, Américains d'origine dominicaine, Reading Level-Grade 12, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=2007, Interpersonal relations, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, Dominicano-americanos, Dominican americans--fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Mœurs et coutumes, Overweight men, Dominican Americans, Charms

Description: Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. 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. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, *The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.