Extra rabatt | Emperor of Gladness

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHeartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic’ GuardianSome of the most beautiful writing Ive experienced in my lifetime Oprah WinfreyREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it againI feel like I lost part of my soul to this bookI would give it 6 stars if I couldSad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratoryA masterwork of compassion and complexityCollege dropout Hai doesnt know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond.When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didnt expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each others survival.This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance.’The first millennial Great American Novel ArtReviewHis most vivid, ambitious work yet DazedThis stunning book moved me so much CAITRÍONA BALFE’A poetic, dramatic and vivid story COLM TÓIBÍN