{"product_id":"the-emperor-of-gladness-paperback","title":"The Emperor of Gladness (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 3 July 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve experienced in my lifetime’ Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again’\u003cbr\u003e‘I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book’\u003cbr\u003e‘I would give it 6 stars if I could’\u003cbr\u003e‘Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory’\u003cbr\u003e‘A masterwork of compassion and complexity’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCollege dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ocean Vuong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47365775392946,"sku":"9781529945850","price":248.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781529945850.jpg?v=1779174484","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-emperor-of-gladness-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}