“One could say this book is about survival. It is about survival as a creative act,” Vuong said. “The immigrant community is not credited for being artists, but they experience the creative artistry of living day to day and surviving past...expiration”
For example: Vuong’s mother renamed him “Ocean” when she learned the meaning of the word and realized that the ocean connected the United States to Vietnam. That poetic voice is embodied in the voices of Little Dog’s mother and grandmother throughout Vuong’s novel.
In addition to being a coming-of-age story, Vuong says the book is also a tribute to the working-class refugees and immigrants like his mother who work in the shadows of American life.“One could say this book is about survival. It is about survival as a creative act,” Vuong said of his characters. “The immigrant community is not credited for being artists, but they experience the creative artistry of living day to day and surviving past your expiration date.
Interspersed throughout the book are passages about Woods’ life, including his father’s time in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, the moment his parents met in Thailand in the late 1960s and Woods’ own rise to stardom."They are both a product of the war," he noted."We can safely say that if there was no Vietnam War, Little Dog’s mother and therefore Little Dog would not exist, and Tiger Woods would also not exist.
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