Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Title: On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Ocean Vuong. Format: Book Author: Vuong, Ocean, 1988- author. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin Press, 2019. Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm Summary: A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read reveals the impact of the Vietnam War on their family history and provides a view into parts of the son's life that his mother has never known. Subjects: Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction. Mothers and sons -- Fiction. Discrimination -- Fiction. Genre: Epistolary fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. Other title: On earth we are briefly gorgeous Notes: "Portions of this book have previously appeared, in different form, in The New Yorker, Guernica, and at Buzzfeed.com" -- title page verso. LCCN: 2018046290 ISBN: 9780525562023 (hardcover) 0525562028 (hardcover) Other Number: 1101966100 Control Number: 3695120 Total Owned in SHARE 50 # Available: 45 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Course Reserves: 0 Request It Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Available?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Available? Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1