On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
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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." --
"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 amother 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." --
"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 amother 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." --
Available copies
- 33 of 43 copies available at Westchester Library System.
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Mamaroneck Public Library District | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31015152550423 |
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Mount Kisco Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31017151955108 |
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Mount Pleasant Public Library | FIC VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31024153617363 |
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Mount Vernon Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31018155266948 |
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North Castle Public Library | FIC VUO (Text) Fiction |
31001152021748 |
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Ossining Public Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31021153253074 |
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Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31025152415048 |
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Pound Ridge Library District | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31026151000336 |
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Ruth Keeler Memorial Library | F VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31020150758382 |
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Rye Free Reading Room | FICTION VUONG (Text) Fiction |
31028153090067 |
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Record details
- ISBN: 9780525562023
- ISBN: 0525562028
- ISBN: 9781787331501
- ISBN: 1787331504
- ISBN: 9780525562047
- ISBN: 0525562044
- Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
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