a novel Vuong, Ocean 1988- creator author. text Domestic fiction New York Penguin Press 2019 monographic eng

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246 pages ; 20 cm "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"-- Ocean Vuong. National Book Award for Fiction, 2019 Longlist Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2020 Longlist Single mothers Fiction Mothers and sons Fiction Families Fiction FIC V86on 2019 9780525562047 260203 20260326102638.0