On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel /
Ocean Vuong
Bok · Engelsk · 2019 · Domestic fiction.
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| Omfang | 246 pages ;
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| Opplysninger | "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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| ISBN | 9780525562023. - 9780525562047
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| ISBN(galt) | 9780525562030 (ebook)
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