The Emperor of Gladness

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A masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies- a second chance The Emperor of Gladness follows a wayward young man in New England who, out of sheer chance, becomes the caretaker for an 82-year-old widow living with dementia. Hallmarks of Vuong's writing - formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness - are on full display in this masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies- a second chance.

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'A marvel' -- Marlon James
'Luminous, shattering, urgent, necessary' -- Celeste Ng, praise for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
'A prodigious talent' * Financial Times *
'Utterly captivating writing' -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Mail *
'He transforms the emotional, the visceral, the individual into the political in an unforgettable indeed, gorgeous novel' -- Viet Thanh Nguyen, praise for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Author Bio

Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize. His writings have been featured in Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Nation, New Republic, New Yorker, and the New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.