The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. This is the story of Hai, a Vietnamese immigrant to America where he lives in the ...

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A title like The Emperor of Gladness conjures images of grandeur, or indeed of a utopian state, writes Conor Hanratty.

A college dropout becomes caretaker to a Lithuanian widow in Ocean Vuong’s florid new novel, which seeks to find the dignity ...

He’s a writer who mines his own history to look deeply at broader currents of working-class American life. In his new novel, ...

After so much posturing, Vuong’s new book, The Emperor of Gladness, is a welcome surprise. It is a sweet, charming, conventional novel whose ambition does not outstrip its ability. The young Hai ...

Author Ocean Vuong answered the phone and the last person he expected to be on the other end of the line was Oprah Winfrey.

There’s not much obvious gladness around in feted young author Ocean Vuong’s second novel, which tackles the treacherous ...

Vietnamese American novelist and poet Ocean Vuong builds moments of tenderness and heartache that flow among his characters ...

Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Connecticut, set his latest novel in the state, penning a poetic tale about ...

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong lovingly describes characters who worked together in a Connecticut fast food restaurant.