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The Emperor of Gladness

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內容簡介 《週日泰晤士報》即時暢銷書。王鷗行千禧世代首部經典小說的作品「令人心碎、暖心卻不流於感傷，且帶有野蠻的幽默感」——《衛報》 「這是我一生中經歷過最優美的寫作之一」——歐普拉．溫芙蕾讀者瘋狂推薦《愉悅之帝》（The Emperor of Gladness）： 「慢慢閱讀。讓它摧毀你。然後再讀一遍。」 「我覺得我把靈魂的一部分遺留在了這本書裡。」 「如果可以，我想給它 6 顆星。」 「憂傷又風趣，充滿毀滅性又悄然慶賀著。」 「一部充滿慈悲與複雜性的傑作。」大學輟學生 Hai 不知道該如何面對未來，直到一次與年長寡婦 Grazina 的偶然相遇改變了他的生活。在東格萊德尼斯鎮的一個夏末傍晚，十九歲的 Hai 站在橋邊準備跳下，這時他聽到河對岸有人大喊。那聲音來自 Grazina，一位年邁的寡婦。從這一刻起，他的第二次機會開始了。在這一年的時間裡，Hai 的故事發生了全新的、意想不到的轉折，他與 Grazina 那改變人生的連結轉化了他與社區、家人，以及——最強大的一點——與他自身的關係。「一部關於原諒與死裡逃生、關於選擇的家人以及美國夢的史詩。」——《GQ》 「他至今最生動、最具野心的作品。」——《Dazed》 「首部千禧世代的美國偉大小說。」——《ArtReview》 「這本令人震撼的書深深感動了我。」——凱特瑞納．巴爾夫 「一個具詩意、戲劇性且生動的故事。」——柯姆．托賓THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic’ Guardian‘Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve experienced in my lifetime’ Oprah WinfreyREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:‘Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again’‘I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book’‘I would give it 6 stars if I could’‘Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory’‘A masterwork of compassion and complexity’College dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.One 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.From 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.‘An epic about forgiveness and narrow escapes, of chosen family and the American Dream’ GQ‘His most vivid, ambitious work yet’ Dazed‘The first millennial Great American Novel’ ArtReview‘This stunning book moved me so much’ Caitríona Balfe‘A poetic, dramatic and vivid story’ Colm Tóibín

作者介紹

作者介紹 王鷗行（Ocean Vuong）Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and the American Book Award, he was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 歐普拉感動盛讚！十九歲輟學少年與年邁寡婦在橋邊的命運偶遇，交織出一段關於原諒與救贖的史詩。王鷗行這部被譽為千禧世代首部經典小說的作品，以野蠻又幽默的筆觸，帶你走過心碎與暖心瞬間，重新定義愛與自我。