Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong Carribean och deras dotter Jas –

och deras dotter Jas – som är romanens berättare – dras med i sina föräldrars grubblerier kring synd

And from modern pop-culture

Om jag inte hinner vakna kommer jag till slut fram till hennes sal i drömmen

när hon förstod att kaninens öde var att hamna på julbordet

in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule

Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong Carribean och deras dotter Jas –Paperback. Cape Poetry. 2022. New Condition. In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product