On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Fiction_Gift_Guide "-Kirkus (starred review)

"-Kirkus (starred review)

Matthew Arnold

and that our ability to imagine what it is to see with another person's mind is what makes us truly human

a murder mystery

Fabrice Monteiro

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Fiction_Gift_Guide "-Kirkus (starred review)A New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuongs debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century A lyrical work of self discovery thats shockingly intimate and insistently universalNot so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning. Ron Charles, The Washington Post On Earth Were Briefly