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Harvard Book Store Presents...
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Wednesday, September 12th
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Riverhead Hardcover
Price: $24.95
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JUNOT DIAZ reads from his new novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Harvard Book Store is pleased to present acclaimed author and MIT professor Junot Diaz, who will read from his new novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ-the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.
The long-awaited follow up to Diaz's 1996 short-story collection Drown, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a true literary achievment.
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CONTACT:
General Info:
617.661.1515
Media:
617.661.1424 ex.1
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| DATE: |
Wednesday, September 12th |
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6:00 PM |
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Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge |
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THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Please note the $5 tickets may be redeemed for $5 off a single item at the event or at Harvard Book Store for one month following the event. |
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Junot Diaz's first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His debut story collection, 1996's Drown, was a publishing sensation of unprecedented acclaim, became a national bestseller, won numerous awards, and is now a landmark of contemporary literature. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories. He was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New Jersey with his parents when he was six. He now lives in New York City and Cambridge, where he teaches creative writing at MIT.
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