{"product_id":"import-a04eb81d-6b0e-454c-84ad-45818afeb0dc","title":"The Emperor of Gladness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollege dropout Hai doesn't know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'HEARTBREAKING' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'BEAUTIFUL' \u003c\/b\u003eOprah Winfrey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'DRAMATIC AND VIVID' \u003c\/b\u003eColm Toibin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003eTHE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Read it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it again'\u003cbr\u003e'I feel like I lost part of my soul to this book'\u003cbr\u003e'I would give it 6 stars if I could'\u003cbr\u003e'Sad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratory'\u003cbr\u003e'A masterwork of compassion and complexity'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An ode to the little acts of kindness that help us heal' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful writing' \u003c\/b\u003eMadonna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His most vivid, ambitious work yet' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Incredible' \u003c\/b\u003eBjoerk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first millennial Great American Novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtReview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 416 pages | Published May 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66049112113420,"sku":"9781529945850","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781529945850.jpg?v=1793192490","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/import-a04eb81d-6b0e-454c-84ad-45818afeb0dc","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}