Brilantný, srdcervúci, nežný, originálny – Vuongov debut je rozsiahly a zdrvujúci portrét rodiny a zároveň dokladom oslobodzujúcej sily rozprávania. Rozprávač, ktorého všetci volajú Psíček, sa v svojich takmer tridsiatich rokoch rozhodne napísať list matke, v ktorom odkrýva rodinnú históriu. Dovoľuje jej nazrieť do okamihov svojho života, ktoré nikdy nepoznala.
**THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**Brilliant, heart-breaking, 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. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read.
A book of poetry steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language. It is about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in th