On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Examples of the beauty-terror paradox in Ocean Vuong’s novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, relate to Little Dog’s espousal of English to fit in and hide the beauty of his natural identity and the...

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In On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, the orphan mother tongue might be Little Dog’s way of addressing the destruction of the Vietnam War. Not only did the Vietnam War destroy physical people and land,...

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