La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Mature Spanish speakers, especially those from Latin America, will find Obejas’ exquisite rendition as powerful and moving as the much-awarded English original, published for adults. To assist readers, the translator aptly includes footnotes to explain colloquial expressions and references that may be new to Latin Americans, such as American TV series and comic books. She also clarifies neologisms and colloquial expressions. Set in the Dominican Republic at the time of dictator Trujillo’s horrific regime and in hardscrabble New Jersey neighborhoods, Oscar’s and Lola’s painful stories mirror the struggles within Latino families and their communities. Grades 10-12. --Isabel Schon