This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. 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 the 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. D’az immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot D’az as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.

硃諾特•迪亞斯1968年齣生於多米尼加共和國，1974年隨父母移民美國。在托尼•莫裏森、桑德拉•希斯內羅斯等著名作傢的指導下，迪亞斯走上創作之路，如今，他是麻省理工學院教授寫作的副教授，兼《波士頓評論》的編輯。迪亞斯1996年憑藉短篇小說集《沉溺》一舉成名，2007年他齣版首部長篇小說《奧斯卡•瓦奧短暫而奇妙的一生》得到廣泛好評，他也因此被譽為當代最傑齣的美國作傢之一。