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A "wondrous" illuminating family saga with believable characters that I could see in my mind. However, the reading experience was marred by an abundance of untranslated Spanish--to a non-Spanish speaker, the meaning was often unintelligible.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
PCAnderson, May 30, 2009
A "wondrous" illuminating family saga with believable characters that I could see in my mind. However, the reading experience was marred by an abundance of untranslated Spanish--to a non-Spanish speaker, the meaning was often unintelligible.(10 of 13 readers found this comment helpful)