Ocean Vuong's second novel, 'The Emperor of Gladness,' has been celebrated by Oprah Winfrey as her latest book club selection. Winfrey commended the novel's expressive prose and its ability to resonate with ordinary people. The story revolves around Hai, a 19-year-old who forms a significant connection with an elderly widow suffering from dementia. Vuong expressed gratitude for the honor, reflecting on how Winfrey's book club empowers working-class readers, particularly women in his mother's nail salon, by making literature feel accessible and enriching their lives.
I picked it because I thought that it was some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime.
Where I come from, working class people, the act of reading could be very intimidating.
[Winfrey] made the act of reading accessible.
It's one of the best books I've ever, ever read.
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