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Beschreibung

This summer, discover Ocean Vuong's bighearted and vibrant story of unexpected friendship, chosen family and embracing second chances.

'HEARTBREAKING' Guardian
'BEAUTIFUL' Oprah Winfrey
'DRAMATIC AND VIVID' Colm Tóibín

One late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow.

From this moment, his second chance begins. Over the course of the year, Hai's story takes new and unexpected turns, as his life-altering bond with Grazina transforms his relationship to the community, his family and, most powerfully of all, to himself.

READERS LOVE THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:
'Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again'
'I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book'
'I would give it 6 stars if I could'
'Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory'
'A masterwork of compassion and complexity'

'An ode to the little acts of kindness that help us heal' Harper's Bazaar

'Beautiful writing' Madonna

'His most vivid, ambitious work yet' Dazed

'Incredible' Björk

'The first millennial Great American Novel' ArtReview

This summer, discover Ocean Vuong's bighearted and vibrant story of unexpected friendship, chosen family and embracing second chances.

'HEARTBREAKING' Guardian
'BEAUTIFUL' Oprah Winfrey
'DRAMATIC AND VIVID' Colm Tóibín

One late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow.

From this moment, his second chance begins. Over the course of the year, Hai's story takes new and unexpected turns, as his life-altering bond with Grazina transforms his relationship to the community, his family and, most powerfully of all, to himself.

READERS LOVE THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:
'Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again'
'I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book'
'I would give it 6 stars if I could'
'Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory'
'A masterwork of compassion and complexity'

'An ode to the little acts of kindness that help us heal' Harper's Bazaar

'Beautiful writing' Madonna

'His most vivid, ambitious work yet' Dazed

'Incredible' Björk

'The first millennial Great American Novel' ArtReview

Über den Autor
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur 'Genius Grant' and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 406 S.
ISBN-13: 9781529945850
ISBN-10: 1529945852
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vuong, Ocean
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Vintage
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 196 x 128 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Ocean Vuong
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2026
Gewicht: 0,292 kg
Artikel-ID: 135193433