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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Von: Ocean Vuong
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, written and read by Ocean Vuong.

Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original
– poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling

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. Asking questions central to the American moment, immersed as it is 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.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2020**
**A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD 2020**

©2019 Ocean Vuong (P)2019 Random House Audiobooks
Belletristik Familienleben Genre-Fiction Historische Romane Literatur & Belletristik

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"Vuong is surely a literary descendant of the author of Leaves of Grass. Emerging from the most marginalized circumstances, he has produced a lyrical work of self-discovery that’s shockingly intimate and insistently universal... Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning." (Ron Charles)

"Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous confirms him as a master of inventive language that has its roots in the spoken word but reaches shimmering heights of lyricism, too." (Joseph O'Connor)

"Everything is beautiful in this debut... Vuong has originality running through his veins, and a good deal of humour and impish charm... This impressive debut hints at even greater things to come." (Melissa Katsoulis)

"A stunning, frankly unforgettable debut novel... It's not surprising that novels by poets often include some of the loveliest prose, but Vuong's is especially luminous... On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous is so many things; a love story from a son to his mother; an exploration of masculinity and race; and a series of limpid thoughts about the world… Everything about this book makes me feel glad to live in an era when the novel still matters, when the human ability to bring together words and sentences can lead to such scintillating, poignant language." (James Robertson)

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it's obvious there's a poet at work here. stunning imagery. heart-breaking on several levels. a glimpse into a life so very different from mine. a recommendation.

stunning

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Diesem Buch lange konzentriert zuzuhören ist schwierig. Der Sprecher klingt als wäre er den Tränen nahe. Die Sprache ist für mich sehr gezwungen „poetisch“. Die Story an sich ist mit Sicherheit erzählenswert.

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The story is really touching and we'll written, but for me it was ruined by the voice of the author. His way of always whispering makes it really hard to listen to, and in addition he constantly sounds like he's about to cry and just barely keeping it together, wich makes the listening experience really emotionally draining.
I really recommend reading it, just don't listen to it

Just read it instead

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Even if you already read this moving and intelligent book, don't miss the author reading it. His delicate and gentle, lyrical voice will deeply touch you.

Don't miss this voice

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viel zu viel pathos. show dont tell wäre angesagt. geschichte viel zu wichtig als sie so zu erzählen

ugh

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