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On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong.
"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 amother 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525562023
- ISBN: 0525562028
- Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | PEN America Literary Award Finalist, 2020 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Discrimination > Fiction. Vietnamese Americans > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Epistolary fiction. |
Available copies
- 40 of 40 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Trails Regional. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 40 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Adair County Public Library | A F Vuong (Text) | 34029002465689 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | FIC VUO (Text) | 37884102984923 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | FIC VUO (Text) | 37884102984931 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | VUO (Text) | 33042004623222 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC Vuong, Ocean (Text) | 34MO2001804323 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Caruthersville Public Library | F VUO (Text) | 38417100424581 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F VUO 2019 (Text) | 0002205832039 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cedar County - El Dorado Springs | FIC VUO (Text) | 3482700049918 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cedar County - Stockton | FIC VUO (Text) | 3482700049762 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Crawford County Library-Recklein Memorial-Cuba | 813.6 VUO (Text) | 33431000551893 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Doniphan-Ripley - Naylor Library | F VUONG (Text) | 38421100734114 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Festus Public Library | Fic Vuong (Text) | 32017000078831 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Belle | F VUO (Text) | 35555002139329 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Eldon | F VUO (Text) | 35555002139337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Iberia | F VUO (Text) | 35555002139311 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Vienna | F VUO (Text) | 35555002139303 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henry County - Main Library | Fic V98O (Text) | I0000000278421 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Howard County Public Library | F/Vuo (Text) | 34658000209499 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | F VUONG Ocean (Text)
Digital Bookplate:
PEN America Literary Award Finalist -- 2020
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| Jefferson County Library-Windsor | F VUONG Ocean (Text)
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PEN America Literary Award Finalist -- 2020
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| Keller Public Library-Dexter | A Fic Vuo (Text) | 140432 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lebanon-Laclede County Library | F Vuong (Text) | 3803636132 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F VUONG (Text) | 2004322748 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
| Livingston County Library - Main Library | VUONG (Text) | 2601876638 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Marshall Public Library | GF VUO (Text) | 33391000188033 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Morgan County Library | AF VUO (Text) | 35319000044506 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION VUONG 2019 (Text) | 0001002216545 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Oregon County - Thayer Public Library | Fic Vuo (Text) | 3THAY000422502 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Polk County Library-Bolivar | FIC VUO (Text) | 34531000304097 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Ray County Library | F VUO (Text) | 2901789194 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Riverside Regional-Perryville | F VUO (Text) | 30000005250422 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rolla Public Library | FIC VUO (Text) | 38256101724619 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Union | FIC VUO (Text) | 3006774906 | Fiction | Available | - |
| St. Joseph - East Hills Library | F VUO (Text) | 32002004831739 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ste. Genevieve County Library | Fic Vuong (Text) | 33358000221435 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Trails Regional-Concordia | FIC VUO (Text) | 2204884049 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Trails Regional-Lexington | FIC VUO (Text) | 2204890235 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Washington Public Library | F VUO (Text) | 3151107508 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Webb City Public Library | Fic Vuong, Ocean (Text) | 38262300003397 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield | F Vuong (Text) | 3991201181 | * Adult Fiction | Available | - |
