| Description |
246 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original - poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
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Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
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FICTION / Coming of Age.
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| Genre/Form |
Epistolary fiction.
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| Added Title |
On earth we are briefly gorgeous |
| ISBN |
9780525562023 (hardcover) |
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0525562028 (hardcover) |
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