Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. She strikes a deal to house him in exchange for his ...

Ocean Vuong's sweeping new novel centers on a depressed 19-year-old college dropout who becomes the caregiver to a widow with ...

Ocean Vuong’s new novel, “The Emperor of Gladness” is moving on a number of levels. It has characters you think about when you’re away from them. The writing is exemplary. Vuong has written a big, ...

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

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

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

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

Oprah Winfrey revealed "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong as her latest book club selection on "CBS Mornings" on May 13 ...

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

Oprah Winfrey reveals her newest selection on "CBS Mornings," praising Ocean Vuong's novel for its lyrical beauty and ...

Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired young writers.