On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.

By:

Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House Large Print, 2019.Edition: Large print edDescription: 351 p. (large print) ; 23 cmISBN:

9780593104293 (pbk.)

Other title:

On Earth we are briefly gorgeous

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DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult LP Fiction	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	LP FIC VUO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003160661

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"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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