On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous : A Novel
256 pages |Ā Paperback
The brilliant,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling debut that has taken the literary world by storm: Award-winning poet Ocean Vuongās debut novel, a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling
On Earth Weāre Briefly GorgeousĀ 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 familyās history that began before he was bornāa history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnamāand 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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth Weāre Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling oneās own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous : A Novel
256 pages |Ā Paperback
The brilliant,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling debut that has taken the literary world by storm: Award-winning poet Ocean Vuongās debut novel, a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling
On Earth Weāre Briefly GorgeousĀ 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 familyās history that began before he was bornāa history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnamāand 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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth Weāre Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling oneās own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.
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256 pages |Ā Paperback
The brilliant,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling debut that has taken the literary world by storm: Award-winning poet Ocean Vuongās debut novel, a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling
On Earth Weāre Briefly GorgeousĀ 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 familyās history that began before he was bornāa history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnamāand 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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth Weāre Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling oneās own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.
