The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Diaz, Junot
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, stamped "Promo" on the bottom edge, clean otherwise. Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about Oscar, "a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien.
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
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4951
- Title
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Author
- Diaz, Junot
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- American Literature, Latinx Literature, Contemporary Literature, 21st Century Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Edges
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