The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION Ocean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful 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 a bridge, 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. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond that has the power to alte r Hai's relationship to himself, his family, and a community at the brink. The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which our lives are changed by the most unlikely of people. When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didn't expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each other's survival. This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far we would go to possess one of life's most fleeting mercies: a second chance. ''A poetic, dramatic and vivid story. It has an epic sweep but it also handles intimacy and love with delicacy and deep originality'' COLM TÓIBÍN ''Tender and moving'' REBECCA SOLNIT ''A masterwork'' BRYAN WASHINGTON EAN: 9781787335400 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 05.06.2025 Produktform: Leinen, Gebunden Autoren: Vuong, Ocean Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 352 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Literary Keyword: booktok books; tiktok books; top books; new books 2025; books new releases; contemporary fiction; sunday times bestsellers; popular books; summer reading; tik tok; booktok made me buy it; tiktok made me buy it book; new releases; books bestsellers; gay fiction; summer book; holiday read; lgbtq; sunday times bestseller list; lgbt; gay; lgbt fiction; good books; literary fiction; latest books; books to read; recommended books; books for adults; summer reads; new fiction; book club; booktok; tiktok; friendship; family; queer; coming of age Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Connecticut~Schwul / Roman, Erzählung Fachkategorie: Belletristik: Besonderheiten, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik Interesse Alter: Bezug zu asiatischen Amerikanern / Amerikanern mit pazifischen Wurzeln~Bezug zu Schwulen Imprint-Titels: Jonathan Cape Verlag: Vintage Publishing Länge: 240 mm Breite: 156 mm Höhe: 40 mm Gewicht: 750 gr Genre: Importe