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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao  Cover Image Book Book

The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot Diaz.

Diaz, Junot, 1968- (Author).

Summary:

Oscar, an overweight Dominican from a New Jersey ghetto, dreams of becoming a writer and finding love, but Fuku, the curse has haunted his family for generations, may well prevent him from attaining his desires.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594483295
  • ISBN: 1594483299
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback edition.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.8 16 122410.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008
Subject: Dominican Americans > Fiction.
Blessing and cursing > Fiction.
Overweight men > Fiction.
Charms > Fiction.
New Jersey > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 25 of 27 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nevada Public Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Nevada Public Library FIC DIA (Text) 32770114377500 Adult Fiction Available -


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