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The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel Nicole Andelfinger yet he has always wornThe Emperor of Gladness is a poetic, dramatic and vivid story. Epic in its sweep, the novel also handles intimacy and love with delicacy and deep originality. Hai and Grazina are taken from the margins of American life by Ocean Vuong and, by dint of great sympathy and imaginative genius, placed at the very center of our world. Colm Tibn, author of Long Island and Brooklyn A masterwork. Bryan Washington, author of Palaver and Family Meal Ocean Vuong