On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong (English) Hardcover Book

Description: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A New York Times bestseller • Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction • Ocean Vuongs debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytellingNew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A lyrical work of self-discovery thats shockingly intimate and insistently universal…Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post"This is one of the best novels Ive ever read...Ocean Vuong is a master. This book a masterpiece."—Tommy Orange, author of There There and Wandering StarsOn Earth Were 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 familys 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 Were Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling ones 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.Named a Best Book of the Year by: GQ, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, TIME, Esquire, The Washington Post, Apple, Good Housekeeping, The New Yorker, The New York Public Library, Elle.com, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, NPR, Lithub, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue.com, The San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, and more! Author Biography Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the Whiting Award and the T. S. Eliot Prize, and Time Is a Mother, a New York Times bestseller. His writings have also been featured in The Atlantic, Harpers, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts, and New York City. On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous is his first novel. Details ISBN 0525562028 ISBN-13 9780525562023 Title On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Author Ocean Vuong Format Hardcover Year 2019 Pages 256 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc GE_Item_ID:124460803; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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