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The emperor of gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean, 1988-2025
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One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual reckoning, and heartbreak, with the power to alter Hai's relationship to himself, his family, and a community at the brink.
Main title:
The emperor of gladness : a novel / Ocean Vuong.
Author:
Vuong, Ocean, 1988-, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2025.
Collation:
416 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781787335400 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6AFG
LC class:
PS3622.U96
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4177880
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