Vuong, Ocean
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- ISBN 13:
- 9781529110685
- author:
- Vuong, Ocean
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 12.9 centimetres (
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a powerful exploration of family, love, and identity. Written in the late twenties, the letter uncovers a family's history that spans generations, rooted in Vietnam, and serves as a doorway into parts of the writer's life his mother has never known. This is a story about the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, as well as a brutal examination of race, class, and masculinity.
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