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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
- 39 of 39 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 39 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
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