false<![CDATA[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571633m/297673.jpg29767327Things 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 Fuku - the curse that has haunted 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.
Author Junot Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, <i>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</i> confirms Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.3281466book692007The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waototal:23178|5:7097|4:9344|3:4591|2:1568|1:603|2317890268367265959182falsefalseSat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Tue Jun 17 07:12:08 -0700 2008Sun Feb 15 23:33:21 -0800 2009 Review of Junot D...more...]]>
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Oscar Wao as a birthday gift for my mother in October based on scores of sterling reviews. She read it, gave it a mild thumbs-up (probably just being nice) and handed it off to me. Now having read it, I'm pretty mortified I thought this book would be something she might like.
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TBWLOOW would have been a ‘good read’, I honestly believe that, but I don't know… something happened along the way.
Maybe it was the fact that I started this during the holidays, and that's not fair to any book, I'm the biggest wench from November 15th to January 15th. I should li...more...]]>
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1 HOUR LATER
I got nothing! I’ve deleted like 20 paragraphs!
1 HOUR LATER!!! 2 bruises in my forehead, kind of dizzy, I’ve cursed the gods of knowledge for being born without literary ...more...]]>
120falsefalseTue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Mon Jul 07 14:13:40 -0700 2008Fri Jul 18 13:48:41 -0700 2008Housekeeping vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby. In it's preface, Hornby discusses why reading has fallen by the wayside as of late. A lot of people associate reading with boredom because to most, it feels like a chore to get through novels. If...more...]]>
124falsefalseSun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sat Sep 06 18:14:58 -0700 2008Wed Jan 28 19:49:39 -0800 2009 So, the one star rating is more of a reaction to the emot...more...]]>
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' has been steadily building since it was released almost a year ago, the book I picked up at the bookstore had a big, gold starburst attached to it reading 'WINNER - 2008 Pulitzer Prize', ...more...]]>
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and with no footnote, i might add!!!
In an interview, Juno...more...]]>
510falsefalseWed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Sat Jul 28 17:27:39 -0700 2007Tue Aug 07 09:55:23 -0700 2007 ...and devoured it, in a couple days. First, I was a fan of _Drown_, Diaz' collection (now 10 years old), particularly for its ability to define and then to defy the painful events narrated. One of the stories is a masterpiece about two bo...more...]]>
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56falsefalseSat Nov 03 08:33:07 -0700 2007Fri Apr 25 08:27:15 -0700 2008 OK, I read it.
I cannot help but be influenced by our country's current talk about illegal immigrants, which has led to public discourse about immigrant...more...]]>
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao few of...more...]]>
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“I did all I could and it still wasn’t enough.”
“You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest.”