Sprawling where its predecessor was compact, The Emperor of Gladness opens on a view — sweeping in time and space — of East Gladness, Conn., a town that manufacturing left behind.

The cover of “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong shows a silhouette with sunlight behind it. The novel was released May 13 and follows Vuong’s acclaimed 2019 book “On Earth We’re ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In his new novel, "The Emperor Of Gladness," Ocean Vuong describes characters who work together in a Connecticut fast food restaurant as people bound by nothing but toil in a ...

O prah Winfrey stopped by "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday to reveal her latest book club selection, "The Emperor of Gladness" by Ocean Vuong.It is an epic story about love and loneliness, following an ...

Ocean Vuong's sweeping new novel centers on a depressed 19-year-old college dropout who becomes the caregiver to a widow with dementia. 'The Emperor of Gladness' is a beautiful novel about hard ...

The language Vuong, who made his mark as a poet, made a previous venture into prose with 2019’s “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” (No one has better titles than Vuong.) A novel more in name than ...

Following the cycles of history, memory, and time, The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which love, labor, and loneliness form the bedrock of American life.

THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS | By Ocean Vuong | Penguin Press | 416 pp. | $30. Alexandra Jacobs is a Times book critic and occasional features writer. She joined The Times in 2010.

‘The Emperor of Gladness’ walks a tightrope between despair and hope Portrait by Gioncarlo Valentine Poet and author Ocean Vuong's second novel is "The Emperor of Gladness," Penguin Press, 416 pp.

The Emperor of Gladness is a truly great novel about work — still an under-acknowledged topic in American fiction. Hard work is supposed to get you somewhere — that's part of the promise of ...

The Emperor of Gladness is a truly great novel about work — still an under-acknowledged topic in American fiction. Hard work is supposed to get you somewhere — that's part of the promise of ...

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