June 7th, 2025
Home | Log in!

On Top Shelf
TemptressTemptress
Fresh Pick
THE TAPESTRY OF TIME
THE TAPESTRY OF TIME

New Books This Week

Reader Games

🌸 Summer Kick-Off Giveaways


Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

Slideshow image


Since your web browser does not support JavaScript, here is a non-JavaScript version of the image slideshow:

slideshow image
He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


slideshow image
A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


slideshow image
A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


slideshow image
She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


slideshow image
She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


slideshow image

He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Purchase

Add to Wish List


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
Junot Diaz

Riverhead Trade
September 2008
On Sale: September 2, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 1594483299
EAN: 9781594483295
Paperback
Add to Wish List

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.

Comments

No comments posted.

Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!

© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net  all rights reserved Privacy Policy