On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast
English - January 28, 2020 00:56 - 1 hour - 116 MB - ★★★★ - 29 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Books citizenship governance literature losangeles publicpolicy urbanplanning book bookclub books cities Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In today’s episode we're briefly gorgeous, or possibly briefly monstrous. We're pretty sure both are true.
What we are sure of is that Ocean Vuong's magnificent novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is just that; gorgeous and painful, heart fulfilling and heart breaking.
Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is ostensibly a letter from the narrator, Little Dog, to his mother, Rose. Our narrator is a young man in his 20s. As a Vietnamese American, Little Dog writes of war, abuse, first love, exploration of language and the struggles of coming of age.
Listen as our host Aubrey Hicks discusses the novel with Liz Falletta, Jeff Jenkins, Stacy Patterson, and David Sloane.
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