- New York Times bestseller, Mothers and sons, Poetry, Mères et fils
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 personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in 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 the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Ocean Vuong
- First published
- 2022
- Pages
- 88
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593300237
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