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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
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2020
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- (souple)
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Ocean Vuong
- Éditeur
- Penguin LCC US
- Publié
- 2020
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 052550771X
- ISBN13
- 9780525507710
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Histoires vraies, Biographies, Amour, Famille, Littérature contemporaine, Autobiographies et mémoires, Amitié, États-Unis, Prose de guerre, Guerres, Littérature américaine, LGBTQ+, Roman social, Souvenirs, Maturation, Drogues, Lettres, Homosexualité, Secrets de famille, Migration, Immigration, Vietnam, Mères et Fils, Littérature vietnamienne, Trouble de stress post-traumatique
- Première publication
- 2019
- Titre original
- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- Évaluation
- 4,05 sur 5
- Description
- "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"--