The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao follows Oscar, a gentle, painfully awkward Dominican-American "ghetto nerd" growing up in New Jersey. From the crowded apartment he shares with his strict, old-world mother and fiercely independent sister, he dreams of becoming a great fantasy writer—and of finally finding love.
Oscar’s story is tangled with the legend of a powerful family curse, the fukú, said to shadow his relatives across generations. As the narrative moves between Santo Domingo and the United States, it traces how history, dictatorship, migration, and memory shape one family’s fate.
This acclaimed novel offers an inventive blend of tragic family saga, dark humour, and pop culture references. It illuminates Dominican-American history while exploring identity, obsession, and the risks people take for love.
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