The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

  1. Home
  5. Narrative theme: identity / belonging
  1. Home
  3. Genres
  7. Narrative theme: identity / belonging
On earth we're briefly gorgeous

Hardcover • 2019 • English • 1. edition

On earth we're briefly gorgeous

By Ocean Vuong

12 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original - poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling. This book is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read.

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Book details

ISBN

9781787331501

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Published year

2019

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

On earth we're briefly gorgeous

Format

Hardcover

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Other versions

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Hardcover · 2019

På jorda er vi glimtvis vakre

På jorda er vi glimtvis vakre

Hardcover · 2019

Reviews · 0

12 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

You might also like

På jorda er vi glimtvis vakre

På jorda er vi glimtvis vakre

Ocean Vuong

The Emperor of Gladness

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

Pick a Colour The Electrifying New Novel from the Author of How to Pronounce Knife

Pick a Colour The Electrifying New Novel from the Author of How to Pronounce Knife

Souvankham Thammavongsa

You Are Here Poetry in the Natural World

You Are Here Poetry in the Natural World

Ada Limón

Let Us Descend

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

Go as a river

Go as a river

Shelley Read

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

Marie-Claire Amuah

The Sentence

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

When We Were Birds

When We Were Birds

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Unsettled Ground

Unsettled Ground

Claire Fuller

Cold Enough for Snow

Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au

Our missing hearts

Our missing hearts

Celeste Ng

The book of form & emptiness

The book of form & emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

The Light Pirate

The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton

Admiring silence

Admiring silence

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

Open water

Open water

Heaven

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

On earth we’re briefly gorgeous

On earth we’re briefly gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

Transcendent kingdom

Transcendent kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

Sorrowland

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon

Clarity & Connection

Clarity & Connection

Yung Pueblo

The Oceans Between Us

The Oceans Between Us

Gill Thompson

A Tale for the Time Being

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

Night sky with exit wounds

Night sky with exit wounds

Ocean Vuong

The refugees

The refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Sing, unburied, sing

Sing, unburied, sing

Jesmyn Ward

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Stories

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Stories

Lesley Nneka Arimah

Best We Could Do

Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

Shtum

Shtum

Everything I Never Told You

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

We are not ourselves

We are not ourselves

Matthew Thomas

We Need New Names A Novel

We Need New Names A Novel

NoViolet Bulawayo

Everything I Never Told You A Novel

Everything I Never Told You A Novel

Celeste Ng

Earthling

Earthling

Aisha Franz

We need new names

We need new names

NoViolet Bulawayo

Inside Out and Back Again

Inside Out and Back Again

Thanhha Lai