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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous : A Novel Ocean Vuong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York Penguin Press 2019Description: 246 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525562023
Other title:
  • On earth we are briefly gorgeous
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: On earth we're briefly gorgeousDDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3622.U96 O52 2019
Summary: "[A] 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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Lost Lost Jones Public Library F VUO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 07/10/2023 3370000079825
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"[A] 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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