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Title Statement | On earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel / [largetype] : Ocean Vuong. |
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Alternative Title(s) | On earth we are briefly gorgeous |
Author | Vuong, Ocean, 1988- |
Publication | [New York]: Random House Large Print,[2019]©2019 |
Edition | First large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 351 pages |
ISBN | 0593104293 (pbk.) 9780593104293 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3579233 |
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. |
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By Topic | Vietnamese Americans--Fiction |
Mothers and sons--Fiction | |
Sexual minorities--Fiction | |
Psychic trauma--Fiction | |
Race relations--Fiction | |
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By Genre | Bildungsromans |