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Time is a mother

Hardcover • 2022 • English

Time is a mother

By Vuong, Ocean

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About the book

How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product of a...Show more

Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Book details

ISBN

9781787333840

Publisher

Jonathan Cape

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

Time is a mother

Format

Hardcover

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