The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

February 23, 2010 by Christina

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao as narrated by Yunior tells the story of the fukú — a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on from Santo Domingo to the USA and back again. The story begins with Oscar’s tale as “a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd” from the New Jersey who dreams of “becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love” before […]

Categories: 2010 Reads, Fiction, Textbook • Tags: Junot Díaz