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 |
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Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Discrimination > Fiction. Vietnamese Americans > Fiction. |
Genre: | Epistolary fiction. |
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- 40 of 40 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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)
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Jefferson County Library-Windsor | F VUONG Ocean (Text)
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