On Earth we're briefly gorgeous
Vuong, Ocean, 1988-2020
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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 epicentre 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.
Main title:
On Earth we're briefly gorgeous / Ocean Vuong.
Author:
Vuong, Ocean, 1988-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2020.
Collation:
242 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2019.
ISBN:
9781529110685 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
474893
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