The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We''re Briefly Gorgeous . A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize. His writings have been featured in Atlantic , Harper''s Magazine , Nation , New Republic , New Yorker , and the New York Times . Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.>

About the author

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 New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize. His writings have been featured in Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Nation, New Republic, New Yorker, and the New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently splits his time between Northampton, Massachusetts, and New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Ocean Vuong, Vuong Ocean
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2025
• EAN: 9781787335400
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-540-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, Connecticut, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary