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Also by Junot Diaz:

Invaders, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book
This Is How You Lose Her, September 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, September 2008
Paperback
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, September 2007
Hardcover
Drown, October 1997
Paperback
Drown, July 1997
Paperback

THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
By: Junot Diaz

Riverhead Trade
September 2008
On Sale: September 2, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 1594483299
EAN: 9781594483295
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

The most talked about—and praised—first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister— dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - January 30, 2013
On Point - May 18, 2011
Studio 360 - February 26, 2011
Early Show - December 2, 2008
Morning Edition - November 24, 2008
Talk of the Nation - September 10, 2008