{"product_id":"the-emperor-of-gladness-by-ocean-vuong-signed-copy","title":"The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve experienced in my lifetime’ Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollege dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I would give it 6 stars if I could’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A masterwork of compassion and complexity’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An epic about forgiveness and narrow escapes, of chosen family and the American Dream’ GQ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘His most vivid, ambitious work yet’ Dazed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The first millennial Great American Novel’ ArtReview\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This stunning book moved me so much’ Caitríona Balfe‘\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA poetic, dramatic and vivid story’ Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 416 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Vintage\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781529945850\u003cbr\u003ePublished:28 May 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003cbr\u003eWeight:290g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:128 x 197 x 32 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64797022716253,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781529945850.jpg?v=1779792400","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-emperor-of-gladness-by-ocean-vuong-signed-copy","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}