Description
Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd whoโfrom the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sisterโdreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukรบโa curse that has haunted Oscarโs 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 persevereโand risk it allโin the name of love.ISBN:9781594483295
