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Achingly sad, lyrically written, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is Ocean Vuong's letter to his mother who can't read, explaining and trying to understand his life, her life, and their connection.
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I am incapable of capturing the power of this novel; of that I’m certain. Even to describe it broadly feels like a disservice. I would be inclined to say that it’s drawn in sketches, for instance, because it certainly doesn’t follow a set, linear path. But these passages don’t feel sketchy. They feel solid, inescapable even. In the same way, no character is fully drawn—we don’t even know some of the simplest details about them—and yet they feel deeply real.
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The power of this book is in the lyricism of the sentences combined with the raw topics. It was not easy to read, but if you let yourself just get lost in the words it will carry you along. This is one of those books that will stay with me for ages.
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