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On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.
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Title:On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.
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Variant Title:On earth we are briefly gorgeous
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Author/Creator:Vuong, Ocean, 1988- author.
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Published/Created:New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
©2019
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Call Number: PS3622.U96 O52 2019
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 05-22-2024
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Vietnamese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Discrimination--Fiction.
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Genre/Form:Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Epistolary fiction.
Gay fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
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Description:246 pages ; 22 cm
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Summary:"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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ISBN:9780525562023 hardcover
0525562028 hardcover
9780525562030 electronic book