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Jun 4, 2019 · A novel in letter form by Ocean Vuong, exploring the history and identity of a Vietnamese American family. Read ratings, reviews, quotes, and more from the Goodreads community.
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Jun 4, 2019 · On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is an ode to loss and struggle, to being a Vietnamese American, to Hartford, Connecticut, and it’s a compassionate epistolary ode to a mother who may or may not know how to read.
- Penguin Press
- $9.67
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. [1] An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. It was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, [2] and was longlisted for ...
Ocean Vuong is a master. This book a masterpiece. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is an ode to loss and struggle, to being a Vietnamese American, to Hartford, Connecticut, and it’s a compassionate epistolary ode to a mother who may or may not know how to read.
- Ocean Vuong
- Paperback
Jun 5, 2019 · On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. By Ocean Vuong. Purchase. Ocean Vuong's devastatingly beautiful first novel, as evocative as its title, is a painful but extraordinary coming-of-age...
Jun 4, 2019 · With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to...
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Oct 16, 2019 · A lyrical and haunting novel by Ocean Vuong, a MacArthur Fellow and poet. The narrator, Little Dog, writes letters to his illiterate mother, reflecting on his childhood, sexuality, and identity as a Vietnamese American.
