THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Díaz
 
* About the book *
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a work of fiction set in New Jersey, where its author was raised. It deals with the Dominican Republic's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo.
 
* About the author *
Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award;  and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist; and a debut picture book, Islandborn. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Díaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
ISBN: 9781101948378
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 340
Language: English
Condition: Used