The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

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Author:
Díaz, Junot, 1968-
Language:
English
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9781594483295
9781594489587
9781101147306
9781415941959
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Level 6.8, 16 Points
Lexile measure:
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Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who--from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister--dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú--a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere--and risk it all--in the name of love.
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Dominican Americans -- Fiction
Dominican Republic -- Fiction
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao A Novel
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Dominican Americans
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