{"product_id":"9781529945850","title":"The Emperor of Gladness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime' Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003eCollege dropout Hai doesn't know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An epic about forgiveness and narrow escapes, of chosen family and the American Dream' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His most vivid, ambitious work yet' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first millennial Great American Novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtReview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This stunning book moved me so much' Caitrìona Balfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A poetic, dramatic and vivid story' Colm Tóibìn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57225295921525,"sku":"9781529945850","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781529945850.jpg?v=1779801366","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781529945850","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}