The Resource The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
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The item The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Living with an old-world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and believes that a long-standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
- Title
- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
- Statement of responsibility
- Junot Diaz
- Subject
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- trueMen/women relations
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueLoss
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueHispanic Americans
- trueGhettoes, Hispanic American
- trueFamily relationships
- trueDominican Americans
- Dominican Americans -- Fiction
- trueFamily curses
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueSocial acceptance
- truePersistence
- trueNew Jersey
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Living with an old-world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and believes that a long-standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2007.
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2008.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
- Massachusetts Book Awards, Fiction Award, 2008.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2007.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2007
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 172422
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Díaz, Junot
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.I259
- LC item number
- B75 2007
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Dominican Americans
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594483295
- Lccn
- 2007017251
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- 123539681
- (OCoLC)123539681
- Label
- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594483295
- Lccn
- 2007017251
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 123539681
- (OCoLC)123539681
Subject
- trueMen/women relations
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueLoss
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueHispanic Americans
- trueGhettoes, Hispanic American
- trueFamily relationships
- trueDominican Americans
- Dominican Americans -- Fiction
- trueFamily curses
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueSocial acceptance
- truePersistence
- trueNew Jersey
- trueMisfits (Persons)
Genre
Included in
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2007
- trueHurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2007
- trueMassachusetts Book Awards: Fiction Award
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2007
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2007.
- Award
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2008.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
- Award
- Massachusetts Book Awards, Fiction Award, 2008.
- Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2007.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2007
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008.
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