On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2021Description: 246 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0525562044 (pbk.)
- 9780525562047 (pbk.)
- On earth we are briefly gorgeous
- FIC
- PS3622.U96 O52 2019
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction (pbk) | Flesherton Branch Shelves | FIC Vuong (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 32241001144411 |
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"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.
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