Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a novel written by Dominican American author Junot Díaz. 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 experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. The book chronicles both 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 the curse that has plagued his family for generations.
“Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can't exist without one.”
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“It's exactly at these moments, when all hope has vanished, that prayer has dominion.”
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“The thoughts he put in her head. Someone should’ve arrested him for it.”
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“Nothing more exhilarating… than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.”
Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
