On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
First edition cover
AuthorOcean Vuong
Audio read byOcean Vuong
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Press
Publication date
June 4, 2019
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages256
ISBN978-0-525-56202-3
813/.6
LC ClassPS3622.U96 O52 2019

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019.[1] An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. It was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction,[2] and was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction.[3]

  1. ^ "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Video Celebration of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award". PEN/Faulkner Foundation. May 4, 2020. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction". National Book Foundation. September 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

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