The Emperor of Gladness  by Ocean Vuong

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

416 pages first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
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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 ...

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