{"product_id":"9781529945850","title":"The Emperor of Gladness by Vuong, Ocean","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Vuong, Ocean\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 May 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 32 | 290g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER˜Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' Guardian˜Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime' Oprah WinfreyREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:˜Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again'˜I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book'˜I would give it 6 stars if I could'˜Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory'˜A masterwork of compassion and complexity'College dropout Hai doesn't know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this moment, his second chance begins. Over the course of the year, Hai's story takes new and unexpected turns, as his life-altering bond with Grazina transforms his relationship to the community, his family and, most powerfully of all, to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e˜An epic about forgiveness and narrow escapes, of chosen family and the American Dream' GQ˜His most vivid, ambitious work yet' Dazed˜The first millennial Great American Novel' ArtReview˜This stunning book moved me so much' Caitríona Balfe˜A poetic, dramatic and vivid story' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58225561862525,"sku":"9781529945850","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781529945850.jpg?v=1780068659","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529945850","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}