{"product_id":"20894634","title":"The Emperor Of Gladness","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eThe Emperor Of Gladness\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve experienced in my lifetime’ Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH \u003ci\u003eTHE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again’\u003cbr\u003e‘I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book’\u003cbr\u003e‘I would give it 6 stars if I could’\u003cbr\u003e‘Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory’\u003cbr\u003e‘A masterwork of compassion and complexity’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollege dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didn’t expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each other’s survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first millennial Great American Novel’ \u003ci\u003eArtReview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘His most vivid, ambitious work yet’ \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This stunning book moved me so much’ CAITRIONA BALFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poetic, dramatic and vivid story’ COLM TOIBIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA fine-grained social panorama\u003c\/b\u003e driven by the developing camaraderie of an ensemble cast bonded in precariousness and pain' - Observer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Depicts the emotions of its protagonists with a sensitivity and lusciousness… contains moments of \u003cb\u003ealmost unbearable poignancy\u003c\/b\u003e' - Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFirmly grounded and perfectly tuned…\u003c\/b\u003e With its poetic morsels, ambivalent love for the rural northeast, and many-layered immigrant stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of Gladness\u003c\/i\u003e may well be \u003cb\u003ethe first millennial Great American Novel\u003c\/b\u003e' - ArtReview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic all at the same time,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of Gladness\u003c\/i\u003e is about just how wobbly things can become' - Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHis most vivid, ambitious work yet\u003c\/b\u003e' - Dazed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable... A sui generis take on the surprising and cruel ways violence is passed on across generations' - Kirkus Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cb\u003e[A] heartbreaking epic…\u003c\/b\u003e Witten in Vuong’s inimitable prose…[it] will doubtless be counted among the great American novels' - Bookseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003eOcean Vuong - Оушен Вуонг\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003eVintage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e416 pst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e129 mm \/ 5,1'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e198 mm \/ 7,8'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e500 g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e9781529945850\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49505414414474,"sku":"20894634","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/1070\/6314\/files\/The_Emperor_Of_Gladness_Ocean_Vuong_-_9781529945850-1.jpg?v=1780687494","url":"https:\/\/bookstoreint.com\/products\/20894634","provider":"Bookstore International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}