01159cam a2200193   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001700061020001800078100002600096245005800122260004000180300002100220500003400241520058200275650003300857650004100890650003400931604120181127180750.0070424s2007    nyu           000 1 eng  a  2007017251  a97805712412311 aD�az, Junot,d1968-14aThe brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao /cJunot D�az.  aNew York :bRiverhead Books,c2007.  a335 p. ;c22 cm.  aWinner of the Pulitzer Prize.  aThings have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but  disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd.  From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old- world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of  becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all,  of finding love. But he may never get what he wants,  thanks to the Fuk�-the curse that has haunted the Oscar's  family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture,  tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love.  Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most  recent victim.  aCharms -- Fiction.vxyz2  aOverweight men -- Fiction.vxyz2 0aDominican AmericansvFiction.