On earth we're briefly gorgeous / Ocean Vuong.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: New York : Penguin Press, 2019Whakaahuatanga: 246 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781787331501
- On earth we are briefly gorgeous
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Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | VUO (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | A00847222 |
"Brilliant, heartbreaking, 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 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"
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