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{{quote|"Of what import are brief, nameless lives... to '''[[Planet Eater|Galactus]]'''??"|[[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]], ''[[Fantastic Four]]'', (Vol. I, No. 49, April 1966)}}▼
| title = The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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| author = Junot Díaz
| central theme = The repeating of tragedy via generational trauma
| elevator pitch = The tragedy and decadence of three generations of a hispanic family (A good-natured doctor, his extremely beautiful younger daughter, and her children -a geeky boy and a more street-wise girl), as seen by the best friend of said family's younger male child.
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| publication date = September 6, 2007
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▲{{quote|"Of what import are brief, nameless lives... to '''[[Planet Eater|Galactus]]'''??"
|[[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]], ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'', (Vol. I, No. 49, April 1966)}}
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''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' is a 2007
Between all of the geek references, untranslated Spanish, slang, and footnotes, you might get lost in the text and believe that Díaz [[Viewers Are Geniuses|assumes too much]] from the reader, or that he is aiming to disorient the reader. However, understanding all of his references [[Genius Bonus|doesn't add much to understanding the text]].
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* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
▲* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]] - {{spoiler|Oscar before he is executed by Ybon's boyfriend's goons.}}
* [[Cultural Rebel]]: Oscar fit the profile to a T; Lola too, to a lesser degree.
▲* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] - Played straight, subverted and deconstructed all in the same book.
* [[
* [[
* [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]: Beli becomes ''extremely'' well-endowed when she [[She
▲* [[Big Breasts Big Deal]]: Beli becomes ''extremely'' well-endowed when she [[She Is All Grown Up|hits puberty]]. She's initially ashamed about her breasts, but soon begins flaunting them when she realizes that they make men fall all over her. Her daughter Lola, on the other hand, is [[Pettanko|as flat as a board]] but became just as well-endowed in a different area.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: José Then and the rest of Belicia's old coworkers, who put themselves in danger of great harm by saving her life from some secret police thugs. José even pulls a pistol and jams it against one of their heads.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Black and Nerdy]]
* [[Curse]]
* [[Dirty Cop]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]
* [[Evil Overlord]]
* [[Footnote Fever]]
* [[Funny Afro]]
* [[Geek Physiques]]
* [[Geek Reference Pool]]
** [[
** [[The Dark Knight Returns]]
** [[Dungeons and Dragons]]
** [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]
** [[New Gods]]
** [[Watchmen]]
** [[The Lord of the Rings]] and [[The Silmarillion]]
** [[Dune]]
** [[
** [[Love and Rockets]]
** Daniel Clowes
** [[The Sandman]]
** [[John Kricfalusi]] (misspelled "Krikfalusi")
* [[Lonely Funeral]]
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Oscar, so very much. We see in a flashback that he inherited this trait from his mother Beli, who nearly got killed because of it. {{spoiler|Oscar is even less lucky.}}
* [[Named Like My Name]]: Óscar de León, the main character, has the name of a famous [
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Narrator All Along]]
* [[Nerds Are Virgins]]
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]
* [[Sensei for Scoundrels]]
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]
* [[She
* [[Shout
* [[The Blank]]
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]
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{{Pulitzer Prize for Fiction}}
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