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El emperador de Alegría

by Ocean Vuong

In a decaying Connecticut town called East Gladness, a Vietnamese-American boy named Little Dog navigates family trauma, first love, and the beauty hidden in life's humblest details. Vuong's luminous debut novel is a meditation on language, queerness, immigration, and the hope that survives despite everything.

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