On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
By Ocean Vuong
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Fiction
Genre: contemporary, LGBTQ
Read on 2019-09-09
View additional specs on this book in Muhan’s 2019 Reading Survey ➞
★★★★★
Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and 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. (Goodreads)
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