The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Diaz, Junot
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 1594489580
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489587
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. First edition, first printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to 10; second state dust jacket without the Mosley blurb; minor edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectable condition..
Synopsis
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) is a best-selling novel written by Dominican author Junot Díaz. Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey where Díaz was raised and deals explicitly with his ancestral homeland's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. It has received numerous positive reviews from critics and went on to win numerous prestigious awards in 2008, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001587
- Title
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Author
- Diaz, Junot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- American First
- ISBN 10
- 1594489580
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489587
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- American Fiction
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- First Edition
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