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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Title
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot Díaz.
ISBN
9781594489587
1594489580
9780739494288
0739494287
9781594483295
1594483299
9780525493990
0525493999
Publication
New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2007.
Physical Description
339 pages ; 22 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4842: Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on title page verso indicates 1st printing. Paperbound. Autograph: "Samuel R. Delany" with information about receipt of the item. Proof. Accompanied by 1 thank-you note in envelope ; 1 printed-out email (1 leaf). Accompanying material taped to back pages. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
BEIN 2018 4857: Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on title page verso indicates 1st printing. Dust jacket. Autograph: Samuel R. Delany. Manuscript notes of Samuel R. Delany. Presentation inscription from Junot Díaz to Samuel R. Delany. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
Notes
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2008
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008
Summary
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ-the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 17, 2007
Series
2018 Great American Read.
2018 Great American Read
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Genre/Form
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Proofs (Printing)
Annotations (Provenance) - 20th century.
Also listed under
Samuel R. Delany Library (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library). Literary Contacts Library.
United States New York (State) New York.
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