Philip Contos
Contributor
Philip Contos studied English and Italian literature at Columbia and Oxford universities. His work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (2)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a novel by Dominican-born author Junot Díaz, published in 2007. The long-awaited first novel from Díaz, which won him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008, expands a short story about Oscar Wao—a lonely, overweight, Dominican sci-fi nerd in Paterson, New…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have exited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs and presenting quotes from individual novels...
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