Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: ‘A masterpiece’ - Max Porter [2020] paperback Condition:New it is a brilliant introduction

it is a brilliant introduction to a personal canon by one of the most original and exciting writers around

which is sumptuous from sentence to sentence

a modest street in Battersea

obedient and devout

and falls deeply

Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: ‘A masterpiece’ - Max Porter [2020] paperback Condition:New it is a brilliant introduction** Sunday Times Bestseller ** Brilliant, heartbreaking and highly original, Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. 'A marvel' Marlon James This 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. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact