Hai is 19 and suicidal. Grazina is 81 and living alone with dementia. So when she strikes a deal to house him so they can ...

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

The book Vuong is trying to make sense of is The Emperor of Gladness, which, to be fair to its author, is sprawling. It ...

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 title like The Emperor of Gladness conjures images of grandeur, or indeed of a utopian state, writes Conor Hanratty.

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

Oprah Winfrey heeft ‘The Emperor of Gladness’ van Ocean Vuong geselecteerd als haar boekclubkeuze voor mei. In deze roman ...

Author and poet Ocean Vuong discusses being Oprah’s book club pick of the month and the inspiration behind his new book "The ...

Vuong recounts immigrant life and the love, labor and loneliness that living on the fringes of American society often entails ...

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

Oprah Winfrey selected "The Emperor of Gladness" by New York Times best-selling author Ocean Vuong as her latest book club pick. Watch the author, Ocean Vuong, read an excerpt from his novel that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong. Winfrey announced she has chosen Vuong’s “The Emperor of Gladness.” The ...