junot díaz the brief wondrous life of oscar wao 2007

The middle sections of the novel center on the lives of Oscar's runaway sister, Lola his mother, Hypatia Belicia Cabral and his grandfather, Abelard. The book chronicles the life of Oscar de León, an overweight Dominican boy growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, who is obsessed with science fiction and fantasy novels and with falling in love, as well as with the curse that has plagued his family for generations. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao went on to win numerous awards in 2008, such as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised Díaz's writing style and the multi-generational story. Through its overarching theme of the fukú curse, it additionally contains elements of magic realism. Narrated by multiple characters, the novel incorporates a significant amount of Spanglish and neologisms, as well as references to fantasy and science fiction books and films. The book chronicles the life of Oscar de León, an overweight Dominican boy growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, who is obsessed with science fiction and fantasy novels and with falling in love, as well as a curse that has plagued his family for generations.

Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey in the United States, where Díaz was raised, and it deals with the Dominican Republic's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a 2007 novel written by Dominican American author Junot Díaz.

Junot díaz the brief wondrous life of oscar wao 2007