The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• The most talked about—and praised—firstabout — and praised — first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—fromwho — from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—sister — dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—afukú — a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—andpersevere — and risk it all—inall — in the name of love.

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• Edited a quotation: “Back when the rest of us were learning to play wall ball and pitch quarters and drive upour older brothers' cars and sneak dead soldiers from under our parents' eyes, he was gorging himself on a steady stream of Lovecraft, Wells, Burroughs, Howard, Alexander, Herbert, Asimov, Bova, and Heinlein, and even the Old Ones who were already beginning to fade--E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stapledon, and the guy who wrote all the Doc Savage books--moving hungrily from book to book, author to author, age to age.”

Serotta_tigrrrl edited the memorable quotes of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “Back when the rest of us were learning to play wall ball and pitch quarters and drive up older brothers' cars and sneak dead soldiers from under our parents' eyes, he was gorging himself on a steady stream of Lovecraft, Wells, Burroughs, Howard, Alexander, Herbert, Asimov, Bova, and Heinlein, and even the Old Ones who were already beginning to fade--E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stapledon, and the guy who wrote all the Doc Savage books--moving hungrily from book to book, author to author, age to age.”

ctmock edited the characters of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Thursday, February 28, 2013.

• Edited a character: RosíoYbón Pimentel: A prostitute who is the wife of a colonel in the new right wing government.