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Das Leben ist nicht leicht für Oscar, den übergewichtigen Jungen dominikanischen Ursprungs, in New Jersey. Er träumt davon, der nächste J.R.R. Tolkien zu werden, und verliebt sich unglücklich. Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Diaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• Subtitle: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 2008
• Author: Junot Díaz
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780571241231
• ISBN: 0571241239
• ID: 05249162
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 190 g
• Dimensions: 113 × 177 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. September 2008

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