Ocean Vuong


On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vuong, Ocean | ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780525562047

En son skriver ett brev till sin analfabeta mor, vilket utforskar familjehistoria, kärlek och identitet mot bakgrund av trauma och motgångar.

  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous är en gripande debutroman.

  • Utforskar teman som kärlek, ras och identitet.

  • Utgiven som pocket, 2021.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Penguin USA
ISBN: 9780525562047

Omfång: 256
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2021-06-01

Förlagets information

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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are 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.

Vanliga frågor om On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous av Ocean Vuong

Boken handlar om en son som skriver ett brev till sin mor som inte kan läsa, där han utforskar sin familjehistoria och belyser teman som kärlek, ras, klass och manlighet.

Romanen utforskar familjedynamik, identitet, trauman, missbruk och hur berättande kan fungera som ett redskap för läkning och förståelse.

Boken är en ny pocketutgåva, publicerad av Penguin USA den 1 juni 2021, omfattar 256 sidor och är skriven på engelska.

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