The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
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- Label
- 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.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.I259
- LC item number
- B75 2007
- Literary form
- fiction
- Target audience
- adult
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