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World Book Club: Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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03/03/2018 GMT

Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Award-winning Dominican American writer Junot Diaz talks to World Book Club on location in Boston, US, about his wildly popular novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Moving across generations and continents, from the dark and tragic past in the Dominican Republic to struggles and dreams in suburban America the novel chronicles Oscar and his family’s search for love and belonging.

(Photo: Junot Diaz attends the Norman Mailer Center's Fifth Annual Benefit Gala. Credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

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