The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - 2008

ont> Faber and Faber : London, 2008 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition.. An excellent signed first edition of Junot Diaz' Pulitzer Prize winning novel. This signed first edition of author and professor Junot Diaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Books Critics Circle Award, telling the story of a young Dominican boy growing up in New Jersey, obsessed with science fiction and fantasy, struggling under the curse that has plagued his family for generations. First edition. Signed by author to the title page. An astonishing work exploring masculinity, violence, and fantasy, Diaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' is a literary triumph in humour and the human capacity to preserve. Condition: In the publisher's original paperback binding. Externally, very smart, with some very minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Near Fine in a dustwrapper.