The Emperor of Gladness

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Beschreibung

<p><b>College dropout Hai doesn't know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.</b></p><p><b>'HEARTBREAKING' </b><i>Guardian</i></p><p><b>'BEAUTIFUL' </b>Oprah Winfrey</p><p><b>'DRAMATIC AND VIVID' </b>Colm Tóibín</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p><b>READERS LOVE <i>THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS</i>:</b><br>'Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again' <br>'I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book' <br>'I would give it 6 stars if I could' <br>'Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory' <br>'A masterwork of compassion and complexity'</p><p></p><p><b>'An ode to the little acts of kindness that help us heal' </b><i>Harper's Bazaar</i></p><p></p><p><b>'Beautiful writing' </b>Madonna</p><p></p><p><b>'His most vivid, ambitious work yet' </b><i>Dazed</i></p><p></p><p><b>'Incredible' </b>Björk</p><p></p><p><b>'The first millennial Great American Novel' </b><i>ArtReview</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529945850

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd