On earth we're briefly gorgeous / (Record no. 17477)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781529110685 |
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| Transcribing agency | tshering |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | FIC VUO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vuong, Ocean. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | On earth we're briefly gorgeous / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Vintage, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 242 p. : |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born - a history whose epicentre is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Coming out (Sexual orientation) - Fiction |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Fiction |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type | Checked out | Date checked out |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Paro College Library | Paro College Library | 21/10/2025 | Omega Traders | FIC VUO | E21140 | 21/10/2025 | E21140 | 825.00 | 21/10/2025 | Fiction | |||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Paro College Library | Paro College Library | 21/10/2025 | Omega Traders | FIC VUO | E21141 | 21/10/2025 | E21141 | 825.00 | 21/10/2025 | Fiction | |||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Paro College Library | Paro College Library | 21/10/2025 | Omega Traders | 1 | FIC VUO | E21142 | 21/10/2025 | E21142 | 825.00 | 21/10/2025 | Fiction | 20/11/2025 | 21/10/2025 |