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Poetic exploration of identity, love, and healing.

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" is more than just a narrative; it's a profound poetic journey that delves into the heart of a Vietnamese-American family's experience. Ocean Vuong's powerful prose touches on themes of love, identity, and the struggle for self-expression amidst silence. This book is a mirror reflecting the intricate layers of family and personal history, told with such tenderness and brutal honesty that it promises to linger in your thoughts long after the last page.

  • National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2020)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2020)
  • Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction (2020)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Fiction (2019)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2020)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2019)
  • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for Fiction and Poetry (2020)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2019)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Bibliotekets litteraturpris Nominee (2022)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2021)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award for The Ferro-Grumley Awards (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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ISBN: 9780525562047
Authors: Ocean Vuong
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2021-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Poetry, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, LGBTQ+
Goodreads rating: 4.03
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Description

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. 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 We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's 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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Poetic exploration of identity, love, and healing.

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" is more than just a narrative; it's a profound poetic journey that delves into the heart of a Vietnamese-American family's experience. Ocean Vuong's powerful prose touches on themes of love, identity, and the struggle for self-expression amidst silence. This book is a mirror reflecting the intricate layers of family and personal history, told with such tenderness and brutal honesty that it promises to linger in your thoughts long after the last page.

  • National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2020)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2020)
  • Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction (2020)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Fiction (2019)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2020)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2019)
  • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for Fiction and Poetry (2020)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2019)
  • PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Bibliotekets litteraturpris Nominee (2022)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2021)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award for The Ferro-Grumley Awards (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.