Politics and Literature: Dictatorship in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
By: Ovidiu Matiu
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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 50
Published on: Mar 13, 2024
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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