The Emperor of Gladness
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
âHeartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' Guardian
âSome of the most beautiful writing Iâve experienced in my lifetimeâ Oprah Winfrey
READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:
âRead it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it againâ
âI feel like I lost part of my soul to this bookâ
âI would give it 6 stars if I couldâ
âSad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratoryâ
âA masterwork of compassion and complexityâ
College dropout Hai doesnât know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.
One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond.
When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didnât expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each otherâs survival.
This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance.
'The first millennial Great American Novelâ ArtReview
âHis most vivid, ambitious work yetâ Dazed
âThis stunning book moved me so muchâ CAITRĂONA BALFE
'A poetic, dramatic and vivid storyâ COLM TĂIBĂN
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781529945850 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Vuong, Ocean | |
| PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing | PUBLICATION DATE : May 28, 2026 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Vintage |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 500 g
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
âHeartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' Guardian
âSome of the most beautiful writing Iâve experienced in my lifetimeâ Oprah Winfrey
READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:
âRead it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it againâ
âI feel like I lost part of my soul to this bookâ
âI would give it 6 stars if I couldâ
âSad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratoryâ
âA masterwork of compassion and complexityâ
College dropout Hai doesnât know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.
One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond.
When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didnât expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each otherâs survival.
This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance.
'The first millennial Great American Novelâ ArtReview
âHis most vivid, ambitious work yetâ Dazed
âThis stunning book moved me so muchâ CAITRĂONA BALFE
'A poetic, dramatic and vivid storyâ COLM TĂIBĂN
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781529945850 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Vuong, Ocean | |
| PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing | PUBLICATION DATE : May 28, 2026 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Vintage |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 500 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
