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"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"--
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2020
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- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Ocean Vuong
- Uitgever
- Penguin LCC US
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2020
- Formaat
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 052550771X
- ISBN13
- 9780525507710
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Liefde, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Autobiografie en memoires, Vriendschap, Verenigde Staten, Oorlogsproza, Oorlogen, Amerikaanse Literatuur, LGBTQ+, Maatschappelijke romans, Herinneringen, Volwassen worden, Drugs, Brieven, Homosexualiteit, Familiegeheimen, Migratie, Immigratie, Vietnam, Moeders en Zonen, Vietnamese Literatuur, Posttraumatische Stressstoornis
- Eerste editie
- 2019
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- Beoordeling
- 4,05 van 5
- Aantekening
- "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"--