In a world where the concept of being beautiful is defined to feminine traits, a novel, ‘On earth we’re briefly gorgeous’ by Asian-American writer Ocean Vuong identifies himself as being beautiful. He says, ‘being beautiful is wherever your mother’s shadow falls’ and the same idea we find in his narrative piece as well.

The number one New York bestselling narrative novel is narrated in a coming of age story of a little dog, the protagonist of the story; the Vietnamese immigrant in US. Through a fragmented narrative telling, one can piece together the past of the little dog’s mother, Rose, and his grandmother, Lan, in Vietnam.