brilliant from start to finish | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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	• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz Riverhead Trade, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 484 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Okay

This novel was very interesting in some parts and it dragged in others. The interesting sections were the ones dealing with the former dictator Trujiullo and the story of Oscar's mother and grandparents in the Dominican Republic. The story of Oscar's life in New Jersey was okay. The narrator of the story briefly uses offensive laqnguage and th "N" word. I could have done without that. I would recommend this book with reservations.

brilliant from start to finish

This book is a five-star read. I was shocked to see that this book had only received 4 stars in the reviews. It is an amazing story that it not only superbly written but captures you and keeps you page-turning. I carried the book everywhere so I could try and get to the next part of the story. It is steeped in knowledge and yet maintains a fantastic blend between history and realities of life. His other book drown is also excellent.

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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.

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