On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Name: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
ISBN: 9780525562023

International Dublin · 2021 · ShortlistLambda Literary · 2020 · ShortlistPEN/Faulkner Award · 2020 · ShortlistStonewall Book · 2020 · HonorKirkus Prize · 2019 · Shortlist

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Penguin PressJune 4, 2019Literary FictionISBN 9780525562023

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
International Dublin Literary Award	2021	Shortlist
Lambda Literary Award for FictionGay Fiction	2020	Shortlist
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction	2020	Shortlist
Stonewall Book Award	2020	Honor	“Literature honor”
Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction	2019	Shortlist

About This Book

A debut novel written as a letter from a son to his illiterate mother, tracing the trauma of the Vietnam War across generations and exploring identity, addiction, and queerness in rural America. A Kirkus Prize finalist.

About the Author

Ocean VuongUS

Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet, novelist, and essayist. He won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2017 for Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Cape Poetry). Read more →