On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
First edition cover | |
| Author | Ocean Vuong |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Ocean Vuong |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | June 4, 2019 |
| Publication place | New York |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-0-525-56202-3 |
| 813/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3622.U96 O52 2019 |
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is the debut novel by Vietnamese American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. It was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction.