The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Author Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" - a novel that took him 11 years to complete. Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J R R Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" is a literary triumph that confirms Junot Diaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.

ISBN 1407428837   Publication date 01 Dec 2008 ISBN13 9781407428833 (What's this?)   Volumes 9 Audio CDs Publisher W F Howes Ltd   Published in Rearsby Imprint Whole Story Audio Books   Academic level General Format Audio CD

"Lin-Manuel Miranda's mile-a-minute, street-smart Spanglish delivery, sustained with breathless energy, makes this audio production an invigorating experience." The Sunday Times "The star of this tumultuous story of dislocated immigrant life is the titular Oscar, a geeky, pizza-guzzling, second-generation Dominican living in New Jersey, who seems fated to remain thwarted in love despite his bold ambitions. The louder-than-life Spanish-American narration is a joy." The Observer"

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