Díaz, Junot,  1968- <br/><br/>
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / 
Junot Díaz. 
 - 339 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Riverhead Books." 
<br/><br/> "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 Fukœ-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"-- Publisher's description<br/> 
<br/><br/> CAS  College of Business and Accountancy  College of Education  College of Engineering and Computer Studies  College of Health Sciences 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English 
<br/><br/> Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594489587 (pbk) 9781594483295 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007017251 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dominican Americans--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3554.I259  / B75 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54 D33  / 2007