01186cam a2200205 4500 6041 20181127180750.0 070424s2007 nyu 000 1 eng 2007017251 9780571241231 D�az, Junot, 1968- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot D�az. New York : Riverhead Books, 2007. 335 p. ; 22 cm. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Things 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. Charms -- Fiction. Overweight men -- Fiction. Dominican Americans Fiction. 5100 5100 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC RTCLIB RTCLIB FIC 2022-04-07 9562 2 3 FIC 813.54 DIA 30008482 2026-06-29 2025-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-27 2018-11-27 FIC