On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A NovelA New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuongs debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling A lyrical work of self discovery thats shockingly intimate and insistently universalNot so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning. Ron Charles, The Washington Post This is one of the best novels Ive ever read Ocean Vuong is a master. This book a

but they've become super stale and super dusty

and fun in a Hawaiian hideaway

It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new

Presents a cast of take-charge women

reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race

Jackson Pollock

and his pursuit of simplicity was at once practical and spiritual

perfect Seattle apartment

and precision

a gentle call to action to consider our lives with new eyes

the politics of American empire

where she finally makes a home