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Book Review of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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I can't wait until enough time passes so that I can reread this book! While the characters live in New Jersey and hail from the Dominican Republic, this book spoke to me, a woman from Arizona with no ties the islands. The narrator uses references from Tolkien, Watchmen, Dune, and the bloody history of the island to bring alive the internal lives of its unique protagonists.