The Resource On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong
On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong
Resource Information
The item On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 9 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 9 library branches.
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Note
- The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
- Isbn
- 9780525562023
- Label
- On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
- Title
- On Earth we're briefly gorgeous
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ocean Vuong
- Title variation
- On Earth we are briefly gorgeous
- Subject
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- trueVietnam War, 1961-1975
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMental illness
- Mothers and sons
- trueMothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Novels
- Novels
- truePoets
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese
- Schizophrenics -- Family relationships
- Schizophrenics -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- trueSingle mothers
- trueTeenage boy/boy relations
- trueVietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction
- trueAdult child abuse victims
- Adult child abuse victims
- Adult child abuse victims -- Fiction
- trueAuthors
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Children of prostitutes
- Children of prostitutes -- Fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction
- Discrimination
- Discrimination -- Fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- trueExtended families
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Gay fiction
- Gay fiction
- trueGrowing up
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueLetter writing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2020.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2019.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10781519
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vuong, Ocean
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3622.U96
- LC item number
- O52 2019
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vietnamese Americans
- Adult child abuse victims
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Children of prostitutes
- Schizophrenics
- Mothers and sons
- Discrimination
- Mothers and sons
- Schizophrenics
- Discrimination
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Children of prostitutes
- Adult child abuse victims
- Mothers and sons
- Vietnamese Americans
- Label
- On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong
- Note
- The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1052450975
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525562023
- Lccn
- 2018046290
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052450975
- Label
- On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel, Ocean Vuong
- Note
- The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1052450975
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525562023
- Lccn
- 2018046290
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052450975
Subject
- trueVietnam War, 1961-1975
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMental illness
- Mothers and sons
- trueMothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Novels
- Novels
- truePoets
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese
- Schizophrenics -- Family relationships
- Schizophrenics -- Family relationships -- Fiction
- trueSingle mothers
- trueTeenage boy/boy relations
- trueVietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction
- trueAdult child abuse victims
- Adult child abuse victims
- Adult child abuse victims -- Fiction
- trueAuthors
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Children of prostitutes
- Children of prostitutes -- Fiction
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction
- Discrimination
- Discrimination -- Fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- trueExtended families
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Gay fiction
- Gay fiction
- trueGrowing up
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueLetter writing
Genre
Included in
- trueStylistically Complex
- trueDear Diary
- trueImmigrant Experiences
- trueLiterary Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2020
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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