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Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is one that I read in almost one sitting and then turned back to the first page again. He is one of my absolute favourite poets, and his new novel is brilliantly evocative and skilfully executed. Vuong handles the utmost tenderness and the bittersweet bonds between loved ones like no one else. On Earth follows Little Dog, a young boy who is writing a letter to reflect on his life with his mother who does not know how to read English. Little Dog writes to his mother abou
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"In Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ. Sometimes, when you ask me over the phone, Có nhớ mẹ không? I flinch, thinking you meant, Do you remember me? I miss you more than I remember you."
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