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thirrith · 1 year

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oh fuck I think Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous must have been influenced by Qiu Miaojin, specifically by her Last Words from Montmartre. oh my god it's actually so obvious. oh my god

#life #i mean he straight out QUOTES last words from montmartre in the epigraph why didn't i make the connection??#they're both epistolary novels. experimental. semi-autobiographical. even language and themes sometimes are similar #and the chapter in the middle of the book that entirely consists of poetry-like line breaks?#the influence is so definitely there #this makes me so happy

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