THE <\/b>MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION<\/b>
‘A marvel’ Marlon James<\/b>
Brilliant, heart-breaking and highly original, discover Ocean Vuong’s shattering coming of age novel.<\/b><\/p>\n
This 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family’s struggle to forge a new future.<\/p>\n
And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog’s life his mother has never known – episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion – all the while moving closer to an unforgettable revelation.<\/p>\n
‘Reminded me that every word can be an incantation, and that beauty does hard and important work’ Rebecca Solnit<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
‘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 epicentre 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[127],"class_list":["post-102370","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction-post-c-1945","pa_book_author-vuong-ocean","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-vintage","pa_language-english","pa_pages-11417","pa_publisher-vintage-publishing","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n