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999			_c10635 _d10635
020			_a9780525562023 (hardcover)
020			_a9781529110685 (paperback)
050	0	0	_aPS3622. _bVUO 2019
100	1		_aVuong, Ocean, _d1988- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOn earth we're briefly gorgeous : _ba novel / _cOcean Vuong.
264		1	_aLondon; New York : _bVintage; Penguin Press, _c2019.
300			_a246 pages ;
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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"--
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary.
650		7	_aFICTION / Cultural Heritage.
650		7	_aFICTION / Coming of Age.
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