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on earth we're briefly gorgeous
signed first edition, 2019.
ocean vuong's debut novel unfolds as a letter to his mother, written in a language she cannot read. the letter forms a portrait of the narrator's family history as he recounts his first love, intimately interwoven with vietnamese history.
the novel was a finalist for the 2020 pen/faulkner award for fiction. vuong, a recipient of the 2019 macarthur genius grant, has also been honored with the whiting award and the t. s. eliot prize.
new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5”. hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: very mild bumping to spine. fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine. Item #810
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