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Eine Familie zwischen den Welten und zwischen den Zeiten: Junot Díaz erzählt von dem liebenswürdigen Nerd Oscar und seiner toughen Schwester Lola. Beide sind in New Jersey groß geworden, aber ihre Wurzeln liegen in der Karibik. Und dorthin verschlägt es sie immer wieder, wenn das Leben das mühsam zusammengekratzte Glück gerade wieder einmal wegwischt. Hier finden sie im Haus der Großtante Zuflucht - genau wie ihre Mutter vor vielen Jahren, der...

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Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the most talked about--and praised--smash hit of 2007 follows the adventures of a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd plagued by a family curse.

A Pulitzer Prize winner turns his prodigious talent to the haunting, impossible power of love. Hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, these stories lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts.

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Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao arrived like a thunderclap winning a host of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. Now he is back with a collection of heart wrenching stories in THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER. These stories remind us that the habit of passion always triumphs over experience, and that "love, when it hits us for real, has a half-life of forever.".

Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the YearOne of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The...

A must-have collector's edition of Junot Díaz's bestseller and National Book Award finalist, brilliantly illustrated by celebrated comic artist Jaime HernandezA major New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award, This Is How You Lose Her is Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz's celebration of love in all its facets—obsessive love, illicit love, fading love, maternal love. For this gorgeous new edition, Jaime Hernandez—deem...

Oscar icin hayat hep zordu. Gecmisi ta Dominikli atalarina uzanan bir lanet, bir fuku, kisa yasaminin üstünde kara bir karga gibi dolanip durduktan sonra ömrüne son noktayi koydu.Oscar icin ask hep zordu. Yüzüklerin Efendisi ve bilgisayar oyunlari delisi bu genc adamla degil sevismek isteyecek, sohbet edecek kadin bile bulmak neredeyse imkansizdi. Oscar gitti, o imkansiz denizindeki en imkansiz damlayi buldu.Dominik Cumhuriyetinde söyle derler...

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Non sono un cattivo ragazzo. So che dicendolo sembro un po' paraculo, però è vero. Sono uguale agli altri: debole, pieno di magagne, ma tutto sommato buono. Eppure Magdalena non è d'accordo. Mi considera un tipico uomo dominicano", cioè un bastardo inaffidabile che tradisce la fidanzata non con una, ma con cinquanta ragazze, dimenticandosi pure di cancellare dalla posta le loro mail. Ecco Yunior, alter ego dell'autore e protagonista di questo ...

A young writer of strong and unflinching prose makes his debut in this bracing collection of stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey.

From the beloved and award-winning author Junot Díaz, a spellbinding saga of a family's journey through the New World. A coming-of-age story of unparalleled power, Drown introduced the world to Junot Díaz's exhilarating talents. It also introduced an unforgettable narrator- Yunior, the haunted, brilliant young man who tracks his family's precarious journey from the barrios of Santo Domingo to the tenements of industrial New Jersey, and their e...

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Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012 Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more... "Electrifying." -The New York Times Book Review "Exhibits the potent blend of literary eloquence and street cred that earned him a Pulitzer Prize… Díaz's ...

Oscar Wao is een aardige jongen uit een Dominicaanse wijk in New Jersey die kampt met overgewicht en liefdesverdriet. Hij droomt ervan de Dominicaanse Tolkien te worden en, vooral een vriendin te krijgen. Maar Oscar zal nooit krijgen waar hij van droomt dankzij de fukú, de vervloeking die zijn familie al generaties achtervolgt en die hen verdoemt tot gevangenschap, marteling, ongeluk en bovenal: een leven zonder liefde.

Rendering with warmth the endless human capacity to persevere, this Pulitzer Prize-winning work is the long-awaited first novel from the unmistakable voice behind the short story collection "Drown.

De hoofdpersonen in 'Zo raak je haar kwijt' hebben één ding gemeen: een talent het te verpesten bij de vrouwen met wie ze leven of op wie ze verliefd zijn. Soms hilarisch, soms vol mededogen beschrijft Díaz uiteenspattende liefdes. Het is een bundel vol verhalen over mannen met spijt (omdat ze bijvoorbeeld te veel zijn vreemdgegaan) en vrouwen die boos zijn. En het gaat vooral over mensen die 'smekend, huilend' proberen te repareren wat onhers...

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Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Pa...