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The emperor of gladness a novel

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 h...

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Main Author: Vuong, Ocean, 1988- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2025.
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Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Dementia > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Caregivers > Fiction.
Loneliness > Fiction.
New England > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Queer fiction.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"Oprah's book club 2025" -- Cover.
Physical Description:397 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780593831878
059383187X
Author Notes:Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother , as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous . A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City. The Emperor of Gladness is his latest novel.

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