On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

A Novel

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Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019, Diversified Publishing)

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Publikuota 2019 m. spalio 29 d., Diversified Publishing.

ISBN:
978-0-593-10429-3
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Beauty despite violence

This novel by Ocean Vuong is told from a first-person narrative as an autobiographical story written to the protagonist's mother. But using this as a device, it tells multiple stories simultaneously. Each is almost a parable, and none is independent of another. It takes place in the USA primarily.

The protagonist relates his coming into the world, his childhood, his first love, his violent youth, his grandmother's love for him (and her past life in Vietnam), and his experiences of grief. Entangled are the acts of violence of the Vietnam War, the estrangement of the protagonist from his two nations, drug addiction and abuse, philosophy and thoughts on how words find meaning. The story alone is uncomplicated, and ticks along at a pleasant pace, but the poetic undertones and masterful weaving of story with concept make it a wonderful experience. To paraphrase Vuong's words: This book is not created from …

Temos

  • Fiction, coming of age
  • Mothers and sons, fiction
  • Fiction, cultural heritage

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