on earth we're briefly gorgeous
by ocean vuong
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0525562028
- ISBN 13
- 9780525562023
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
new york: penguin, 2019. signed first edition, 2019.
ocean vuong writes his debut novel to his mother in a language she cannot read. the letter, forms a portrait of the narrator's family history as he recounts his first love, intimately interwoven with vietnamese history.
the novel was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/faulkner award for fiction. vuong is a recipient of the 2019 macarthur "genius" grant, as well as the winner of the whiting award and TS eliot prize.
new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: very mild bumping to spine. fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.
ocean vuong writes his debut novel to his mother in a language she cannot read. the letter, forms a portrait of the narrator's family history as he recounts his first love, intimately interwoven with vietnamese history.
the novel was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/faulkner award for fiction. vuong is a recipient of the 2019 macarthur "genius" grant, as well as the winner of the whiting award and TS eliot prize.
new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: very mild bumping to spine. fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 810
- Title
- on earth we're briefly gorgeous
- Author
- ocean vuong
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0525562028
- ISBN 13
- 9780525562023
- Publisher
- penguin
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 2019
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