On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel

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The work On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Western Pocono Community Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Ocean Vuong

Title variation

On earth we are briefly gorgeous

Creator

• Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

Author

• Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

Subject

• FICTION / Coming of Age
• FICTION / Cultural Heritage
• FICTION / Literary

Language

eng

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"--

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no index present

Literary form

fiction