The Dogear

On Earth We Were Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

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Set in 3 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Hartford · United States
    Working-class Hartford Connecticut — Vietnamese immigrant family
    ★ primary
  • Vietnam · Vietnam
    Family origin; Vietnam war trauma that shapes intergenerational narrative
  • Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
    family's origin in Vietnam, intergenerational trauma

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