The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Peichen.
     
    Amelia Burns (Brookline and Vineyard Haven), Nefertiti Jaquez (Providence), Fabiano Maisonnave (Campo Grande and São Paulo), and Homero del Pino (who first brought me to Paterson).
     
    The Rodriguez Clan: Luis, Sandra, and my goddaughters Camila and Dalia (I love you both).
     
    The Batista Clan: Pedro, Cesarina, Junior, Elijah y mi ahijada Alondra.
     

    The Bernard–de León Clan: Doña Rosa (mi otra madre), Celines de León (true friend), Rosemary, Kelvin and Kayla, Marvin, Rafael (a.k.a. Rafy), Ariel, and my boy Ramon.
     
    Bertrand Wang, Michiyuki Ohno, Shuya Ohno, Brian O’Halloran, Hisham El Hamaway, for being my brothers at the beginning.
     
    Dennis Benzan, Benny Benzan, Peter Moyer, Héctor Piña: for being my brothers at the end.
     
    And Elizabeth de León: for leading me out of great darkness, and giving me the gift of light.

Author biography
     
     
    Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University. His collection of short stories, Drown , was described as ‘a dazzlingly talented first book’ by Hermione Lee in the Independent on Sunday . He teaches creative writing at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

by the same author
     
     
    DROWN
     

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    First published in 2008
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