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On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 246 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780525562023
  • 0525562028
Other title:
  • On Earth we are briefly gorgeous
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3622 .U96 V866 2019
Summary: "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.
List(s) this item appears in: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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"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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