ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS - OCEAN VUONG

Libro

Editorial	VINTAGE
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	VUONG OCEAN
ISBN	9781529110685
Peso ( kg )	0,2
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2020
Formato	Tapa rustica
Sinopsis	ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS A New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A lyrical work of self-discovery that's shockingly intimate and insistently universal Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning." -Ron Charles, The Washington Post "This is one of the best novels I've ever read...Ocean Vuong is a master. This book a masterpiece."-Tommy Orange, author of There There and Wandering Stars 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. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years. Edad recomendada: Adultos. VUONG OCEAN Ocean Vuong es un poeta, novelista y ensayista vietnamita-estadounidense nacido el 14 de octubre de 1988 en Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Es conocido por su estilo lírico y su exploración de temas como la identidad, la familia y el trauma. Su primera novela, En la tierra somos fugazmente grandiosos On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous , publicada en 2019, fue un éxito de crítica y ventas. También ha escrito colecciones de poesía como Night Sky with Exit Wounds y Time Is a Mother. Recientemente, ha publicado su segunda novela, The Emperor of Gladness, que explora la relación entre un joven llamado Hai y una anciana con demencia, abordando temas de suicidio, conexión humana y resiliencia. La obra ha sido seleccionada por Oprah Winfrey para su club de lectura. Vuong ha recibido múltiples premios, incluyendo el T. S. Eliot Prize, el Whiting Award y una beca MacArthur. Actualmente, es profesor en la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst
Cantidad de páginas	256
Fecha Ingreso	23-07-2025