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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao follows Oscar, a ghetto nerd and overweight dreamer living in New Jersey with his Dominican family. He yearns to be a writer like J. R. R. Tolkien and falls consistently in love, all while an ominous family curse known as the Fuku threatens every member. The novel portrays Oscar, his runaway sister Lola, their mother Belicia, and their journey between the Dominican Republic and the United States, illuminating the intersections of cultural heritage, family dynamics, and the exuberant yet bittersweet struggles of diaspora youth.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Junot Díaz
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