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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot Díaz.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594483299 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781594483295 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 339, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Riverhead trade paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | Living with an Old World mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and believes that a longstanding family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness. |
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| Subject: | Dominican Americans > Fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | JBHS Tenth Grade Summer Reading. |
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- 18 of 19 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | PBK FIC Dia (Text) | 33160155060117 | Adult New Material | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | DIAZ (Text) | 34030150557921 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | FIC DIAZ (Text) | 34000081338139 | Display Area | Checked out | 04/06/2024 |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122312531 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122312549 | Workroom, Please ask for assistance | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122312556 | Workroom, Please ask for assistance | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122312564 | Workroom, Please ask for assistance | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122312572 | Workroom, Please ask for assistance | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122363625 | Young Adult Summer Reading | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC DIAZ, JUNOT (Text) | 37777122364029 | Workroom, Please ask for assistance | Available | - |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Junot DÃaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and was raised in New Jersey. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, African Voices, and Best American Short Stories. He wrote the story collection Drown and the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. His debut picture book is entitled Islandborn, published June 2018. He is a professor of creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Bowker Author Biography)
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