The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
Bok Engelsk 2008
| Utgitt | London : Faber and Faber , 2008
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| Omfang | 335 s.
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| Opplysninger | Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. The author immerses his readers in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss
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| ISBN | 978-1-59448-359-2
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