# On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

> Ocean Vuong's poetic debut novel about a Vietnamese immigrant family, told as a letter from a son to his illiterate mother.

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## About
Vuong's novel shatters form and expectation in this luminous exploration of race, class, and queer identity. The protagonist's letter to his mother reveals their family's traumatic history and his own coming-of-age as a gay man in America. A testament to the power of language and the body's memory.

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