The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Softcover

Diaz, Junot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571239730 ISBN 13: 9780571239733

Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2009

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London. 20 cm. 335 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Originally published: New York: Riverhead, 2007; London: Faber, 2008. Salon Book Award, 2007 -- National Book Critics Circle Award, 2007 -- Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, 2007 -- Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Fiction), 2008 -- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Fiction), 2008 -- National Book Critics Circle Award, 2008 -- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2008 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0571239730; 9780571239733

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Reseña del editor:

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. 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. 'The Best Novel of the 21st Century to Date' - BBC Culture.

Biografía del autor:

Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University. His collection of short stories, Drown, was described as "a dazzlingly talented first book" by Hermione Lee in the Independent on Sunday. He teaches creative writing at MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology).

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• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571239730
• ISBN 13: 9780571239733
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352