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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

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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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Last Grouping Update2024-03-29 01:36:40AM
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Charms -- Fiction
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Overweight men -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9781594489587
9781101147306
9780525493723
9781415941959
9781410404336
9780525493990
9781594483295
UPC:
9780525493990
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.8, 16 Points
Lexile measure:
1010L