Ocean Vuong 3 Books Collection Set - The Emperor of Gladness, Night Sky, On Earth - Fiction - Mixed Format

Titles in This Set
The Emperor of Gladness
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Mixed Format (Hardcover & Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Press, Jonathan Cape

Overview
This three-book Ocean Vuong collection gathers a celebrated poet-turned-novelist's most acclaimed work in one bundle. Readers move from the bruised tenderness of a small Connecticut town in The Emperor of Gladness to the war-haunted verses of Night Sky With Exit Wounds, then into the multigenerational letter-novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Together the set traces Vuong's signature concerns: family, memory, migration, and belonging, rendered in prose and poetry that is spare, musical, and emotionally exact. It's an ideal introduction for new readers and a satisfying deep dive for longtime admirers of literary fiction and poetry alike.

About the Books
Ocean Vuong writes across forms, and this collection shows why critics keep returning to his work. The Emperor of Gladness follows Hai, a young man in East Gladness, Connecticut, whose bond with an elderly widow named Grazina reshapes both their lives over a year; it became an instant New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club pick. Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Vuong's debut poetry collection, weaves war, inheritance, and queer identity into taut, glittering lines that helped establish him as a vital poetic voice. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, his debut novel, is written as a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read it, tracing a family's journey from Vietnam to Hartford and the fragile permanence of language. Read together, these three books reveal an author obsessed with how intimacy survives history's larger violences. Fans of literary fiction, lyric poetry, and immigrant family narratives will find this set a rewarding, cohesive introduction to a writer whose sentences reward rereading.

Key Benefits

• Brings together three of Ocean Vuong's most acclaimed works in one convenient set
• Spans both fiction and poetry, offering variety within a single author's voice
• Includes an instant New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club pick
• Perfect gift for readers who love literary fiction, immigrant narratives, and lyric poetry
• A strong addition to any home library, book club selection, or classroom shelf
• Showcases a singular contemporary voice across multiple literary forms

Book-by-Book Guide
The Emperor of Gladness — A young man's chance bond with an elderly widow in small-town Connecticut unfolds into a tender story of chosen family and second chances.
Night Sky With Exit Wounds — Vuong's debut poetry collection turns war, memory, and identity into spare, luminous verse.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous — Written as a letter from a son to his mother, this debut novel traces a family's journey from Vietnam to Hartford and the weight of inherited history.

About the Author
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet and novelist born in Ho Chi Minh City and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. His debut poetry collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, earned him early acclaim, and his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, extended his reach worldwide. His second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, became an instant New York Times bestseller and an Oprah's Book Club selection. Known for prose and poetry blending precision with emotional rawness, Vuong writes about family, memory, and migration in a voice widely regarded as among the most distinctive in contemporary literature.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This set is a thoughtful gift for the literary reader in your life — a birthday present, holiday gift, or book club pick that rewards rereading. It pairs bestselling fiction with acclaimed poetry, giving readers the full range of one of today's most celebrated literary voices in a single collection.

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