The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

Book Overview

Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059383187X
• ISBN13: 9780593831878
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"