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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao  Cover Image Book Book

The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot D©Øiaz.

Summary:

Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkein and, most of all, of finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fuku - a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from the Dominican Republic to the United States and back again.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1594483299 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781594483295 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
1010L Lexile.
1010L Lexile.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Subject: Dominican Americans > Fiction.
Superstition > Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cook Memorial Library - La Grande .

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande F Diaz, J (Text) 35178001359366 Adult Fiction Available -

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521 . ‡a1010L ‡bLexile.
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