The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Diaz,Junot
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1594489580
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489587
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Riverhead Books. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1594489580 . Book New with no names or ANY markings. DJ not price clipped ($24.95) with slight crimping at spine head, and slight soil to REAR of DJ, else As New. ; Mosley blurb. All 1st edition points in place. Square, tight. ; 335 pages .
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
- Enterprise Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13938
- Title
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Author
- Diaz,Junot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1594489580
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489587
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 1594489580, Pulitzer Prize
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