On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: Jun 04, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780525562023
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel