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The emperor of gladness : a novel  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The emperor of gladness : a novel / Ocean Vuong.

Vuong, Ocean, 1988- (author.).

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. Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798217082551
  • Physical Description: 527 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Oprah's Book Club, 2025"--Cover.
Subject: Young men > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Caregivers > Fiction.
Dementia > Patients > Care > Fiction.
Genre: Large type books.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Large print books.

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