On Earth We´re Briefly Gorgeous
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**THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**Brilliant,
heart-breaking, 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 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 epicentre 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 the American
moment, immersed as it is 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. **NOW LONGLISTED FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2020**'This romantic, lusciously
written debut lingers over kisses' The Times, *Books of the
Year*'So very full of beauty and power. Also, grace' Tommy Orange,
Observer, *Best Books of 2019 - Picked by the Year's Best
Writers*'A magical synthesis of memoir, fiction and poetry' Joyce
Carol Oates, TLS, *Books of the Year*