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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

  • Author: Junot Diaz
  • ISBN 10: 7544710599
  • ISBN 13: 9787544710596
  • Format: Paperback (256 pages)
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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) is a best-selling novel written by Dominican author Junot Díaz. Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey where Díaz was raised and deals explicitly with his ancestral homeland's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. It has received numerous positive reviews from critics and went on to win numerous prestigious awards in 2008, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.The title is a nod to Hemingway's short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and to the Irish writer Oscar Wilde.

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