On earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel
(Large Print)
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Copies
More Copies In LINK+
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Vuong, O. (2019). On earth we're briefly gorgeous: a novel. First large print edition. New York, Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vuong, Ocean, 1988-. 2019. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel. New York, Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vuong, Ocean, 1988-, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel. New York, Random House Large Print, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vuong, Ocean. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel. First large print edition. New York, Random House Large Print, 2019.
Staff View
QR Code
Record Information
| Last Sierra Extract Time | Aug 29, 2024 11:10:40 AM |
|---|---|
| Last File Modification Time | Aug 29, 2024 11:14:33 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 07, 2024 02:55:51 PM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 02281nam a2200445Ii 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | sky296429459 | ||
| 003 | SKY | ||
| 005 | 20190604070856.0 | ||
| 008 | 190408s2019 nyu d 000 1 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780593104293 | ||
| 020 | |a 0593104293 | ||
| 040 | |b eng |e rda |d SKYRV | ||
| 049 | |a JRSA | ||
| 050 | |a PS | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Vuong, Ocean, |d 1988- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a On earth we're briefly gorgeous |h [text (large print)] : |b a novel / |c Ocean Vuong. |
| 246 | 3 | |a On earth we are briefly gorgeous | |
| 250 | |a First large print edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Random House Large Print, |c [2019] | |
| 300 | |a 351 page (large print) ; |c 21 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a "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"--Provided by publisher. | ||
| 586 | |a Stonewall Book Honor, 2020. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Single mothers |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mothers and sons |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Families |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Bildungsromans. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 0 | |a Large type books. | |
| 907 | |a .b26030408 | ||
| 932 | |f LARGE PRINT |a FICTION Vuong, O. | ||
| 945 | |y .i81311576 |i 33029107362477 |l carag |s - |k |u 29 |x 5 |w 0 |v 18 |t 16 |z 06-25-19 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i81311588 |i 33029107362485 |l ranag |s - |k |u 30 |x 2 |w 1 |v 17 |t 16 |z 06-25-19 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i8131159x |i 33029107362493 |l natag |s - |k 09-06-24 |u 20 |x 3 |w 0 |v 14 |t 16 |z 06-25-19 |o - | ||
| 945 | |y .i81652288 |i 30738001697498 |l cola |s - |k |u 9 |x 0 |w 0 |v 5 |t 16 |z 08-08-19 |o l |f LP |a Fic | ||
| 945 | |y .i83503882 |i 36796022204896 |l fola |s - |k |u 14 |x 2 |w 0 |v 15 |t 16 |z 08-05-20 |o l |f LARGE PRINT |a FICTION Vuong, O. | ||
| 995 | 0 | |a Loaded with m2btab.marciveb 2019-07 | |
| 995 | 0 | |a Loaded with m2btab.splbtbi 2019-06 | |
| 998 | |e - |d l |f eng |a car |a cen |a col |a fol |a ran |a nat | ||