On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous <subTitle>A Novel</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Vuong, Ocean</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1988-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Penguin Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2019</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>246tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Ocean Vuong</note> <subject> <topic>English Fictions</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">813.6</classification> <classification authority="ddc">V994-O15</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780525562023</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14411/o.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14411/o.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071349.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>