Book Review: Ocean Vuong’s “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”

Few pieces of art create a sense of awe within me. Terrence Malick’s films, especially Tree of Life, do. So do Rilke’s poems and letters, and the novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Roberto Bolano. But it’s a rare experience. In fact, I cannot remember the last novel I loved passionately until I read Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. It is a stunningly beautiful novel…