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On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.

On Earth we are briefly gorgeous (other title)
Vuong, Ocean, 1988- (author.).

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525562023
  • ISBN: 0525562028
  • ISBN: 9780525562047
  • Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019.

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Subject:
Schizophrenics > Family relationships > Fiction.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) > Fiction.
Adult child abuse victims > Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans > Fiction.
Children of prostitutes > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Discrimination > Fiction.
Genre:
Epistolary fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Gay fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 66 of 80 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 6 current holds with 80 total copies.
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Marion Library FIC VUO (Text) 37810435756274 Adult Fiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library FIC VUO (Text) 37810438147349 Adult Fiction Available -

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