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1、JunotDfazauthorofDrownU.S.A.$24.95ThingshaveneverbeeneasyforOscar,asweetbutdisastrouslyoverweightghettonerd,aNewJerseyromanticwhodreamsofbecomingtheDominicanJ.R.R.Tolkienand,mostofall,offindinglove.Buthemaynevergetwhathewants,thankstothefuku—theancientcursethathashauntedOscar'sfamilyforgeneratio
2、ns,doomingthemtoprison,torture,tragicaccidents,and,aboveall,ill-starredlove.Oscar,stilldreamingofhisfirstkiss,isonlyitsmostrecentvictim—untilthefatefulsummerthathedecidestobeitslast.Withdazzlingenergyandinsight,JunotDiazimmersesusintheuproariouslivesofourheroOscar,hisrunawaysisterLola,andtheirfe
3、ro•ciousbeauty-queenmotherBelicia,andinthefamily'sepicjourneyfromSantoDomingotoWashingtonHeightstoNewJersey'sBergen-lineandbackagain.Renderedwithuncommonwarmthandhumor,TheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWaopresentsanastonishingvisionofthecontemporaryAmericanexperienceandtheendlesshumancapacitytopersever
4、e—andtoriskitall—inthenameoflove.Atrueliterarytriumph,thisnovelconfirmsJunotDiazasoneofthebestandmostexcit•ingwritersofourtime.0709JunotDfdZ'sfictionhasappearedinTheNewYorker,TheParisReview,andTheBestAmericanShortStories.Hisdebutbook,Drown,wasmetwithunprecedentedacclaim;itbecameanationalbestsell
5、er,earnedhimaPEN/MalamudAward,andhassincegrownintoalandmarkofcontemporaryliterature.BornintheDominicanRepublicandraisedinNewJersey,DiazlivesinNewYorkCityandisaprofessorofwritingatMIT.Jacketdesign©2007RodrigoCorralPhotographoftheauthorONancyCramptonVisitourwebsiteat:www.riverheadbooks.comRlVfKHlA
6、I)BOOKSamemberofPenguinGroup(USA)Inc.www.penguin.comPraiseforTheBriefWondrousLifeofOscarWao"Funny,street-smartandkeenlyobserved...Anextra•ordinarilyvibrantbookthat'sfueledbyadrenaline-poweredprose...Abookthatdecisivelyestablishes[Diaz]asoneofcontemporaryfiction'smostdistinctiveandirresistiblenew
7、voices."MichikoKakutani,TheNewYorkTimes"Terrific...Narratedinhigh-energySpanglish,thebookispackedwithwide-rangingculturalreferences—toDune,JuliaAlvarez,TheSoundofMusic—aswellaseruditeandhilariousfootnotesonCaribbeanhistory.I
