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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554.I259 B75 2007
ISBN: 1594489580
Publication Date: 2007

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554.I259 B75 2007
ISBN: 1594489580
Publication Date: 2007

Other Works by Junot Diaz

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554.I259 T48 2012
ISBN: 9781594487361
Publication Date: 2012
Drown by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554.I259 D76 1997
ISBN: 1573226068
Publication Date: 1997
The Art of the Story by Daniel Halpern (Editor)
Call Number: PN6120.2 .A74 2000x
ISBN: 0140296387
Publication Date: 2000
Contains Diaz's short story Ysrael.

Books about Junot Diaz

Reading Junot Diaz by Christopher Gonzalez
ISBN: 9780822963950
Publication Date: 2015

Books about the Dominican Republic

We Dream Together by Anne Eller
Call Number: F1938.4 .E45 2016
ISBN: 9780822362173
Publication Date: 2016
The Dominican Republic by Douglas A. Phillips; Charles F. Gritzner
Call Number: Literacy: F1934.2 .P47 2010
ISBN: 9781604136180
Publication Date: 2010
Dominican Republic by Bob Temple
Call Number: Literacy: F1934.2 .T46 2009
ISBN: 9781422206249
Publication Date: 2010

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