TY  - GEN
AU  - Vuong,Ocean
TI  - On earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel 
SN  - 9780525562023 (hardcover)
AV  - PS3622. VUO 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London; New York
PB  - Vintage; Penguin Press
KW  - FICTION / Literary
KW  - FICTION / Cultural Heritage
KW  - FICTION / Coming of Age
N2  - "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"--
ER  -