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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Contributor(s): Díaz, Junot (Author)

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ISBN: 1594483299     ISBN-13: 9781594483295
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: Rendering with warmth the endless human capacity to persevere, this is the long-awaited--and thrillingly satisfying--first novel from the unmistakable voice behind the short story collection "Drown."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Fiction | Hispanic & Latino
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Lexile Measure: 1010(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 8.01" L (0.65 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Awards: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Finalist, Fiction, 2009
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 08/12/2008 pg. 144
New York Times Book Review 09/14/2008 pg. 28
People Weekly 09/22/2008 pg. 63
Poder Hispanic 09/01/2008 pg. 52
Commonweal 12/05/2008 pg. 26
Village Voice 12/23/2009 pg. 28
People Weekly 12/24/2012 pg. 49
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 122410
Reading Level: 6.8   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 16.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Winner of:
The Pulitzer Prize
The National Book Critics Circle Award
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize
A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year

One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more...

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

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 fuk --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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