On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a lyrical, semi-autobiographical novel by Ocean Vuong that takes the form of a son’s letter to his illiterate mother, exploring themes of identity, trauma, queerness, and the Vietnamese American immigrant experience.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addressee | Little Dog's mother ⓘ |
| author | Ocean Vuong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Lan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little Dog's mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | June Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autofiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationInDevelopment | film adaptation ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Ocean Vuong's life ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780525562023 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| longlistedFor | National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | letter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | Little Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of queer Asian American identity
ⓘ
fusion of poetry and prose ⓘ |
| pageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Night Sky with Exit Wounds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Little Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2019-06-04 ⓘ |
| publisher | Penguin Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Hartford, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical prose
ⓘ
poetic language ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
domestic violence
ⓘ
homophobia ⓘ opioid crisis in rural America ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ |
| theme |
Vietnamese American immigrant experience
ⓘ
addiction ⓘ class and labor ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ language and silence ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mother-son relationship ⓘ queer identity ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
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