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Das kurze wundersame Leben des Oscar Wao

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An edition of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)

Das kurze wundersame Leben des Oscar Wao

Roman

Veröffentlicht im November 2010

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (35 ratings)
  • 111 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 47 Have read

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 Díaz 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 Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2008, Riverhead Books
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2008, Vintage Español
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Series
Fischer Taschenbuch 18862
Copyright Date
2007; 2009
Translation Of
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Taschenbuch
Number of pages
381

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Open Library
OL27472785M
ISBN 10
3596188628
ISBN 13
9783596188628
Amazon ID (ASIN)
3596188628
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OL7990014W
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3165787
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