by
Vuong, Ocean
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Vuong, Ocean
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On earth we're briefly gorgeous :
Author
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Books
Physical Description
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
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"--
Call Number
FIC/VUONG
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780525562023 9780525562047
On Earth we're briefly gorgeous :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
368 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Edition
Large print edition
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019]
Summary
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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, this book is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.
Call Number
LP/FIC/VUONG
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780593104293
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