On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous As autobiography

As autobiography

Ariana Reines

psykologisk thriller

simplicity

artist Sophie Calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous As autobiographyThis is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born. It tells of Vietnam, of the lasting impact of war, and of his family's struggle to forge a new future. And it serves as a doorway into parts of Little Dog's life his mother has never known episodes of bewilderment, fear and passion all the while moving closer to an