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In the end, yunior has a similar dream of oscar holding a blank book, and it is this dream that eventually prompts him to write down oscars story. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao audiobook by junot diaz. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz overdrive. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao, which won the 2008 pulitzer prize and the national book critics circle. Things have never been easy for oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick dominican ghetto nerd. The image of the blank page also appears in the last section of the book, when oscar dreams of a man holding a blank book. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao chapter 3 summary and. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd whofrom the new jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sisterdreams of becoming the dominican j. Encapsulating dominicanamerican 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 persevereand risk it allin the name of love. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao themes gradesaver. Download the brief wondrous life of oscar wao audiobook by.
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