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Transcendent Kingdom
- Author
- Yaa Gyasi
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues
- Rating
- 4.7 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a searing novel of love and loss, addiction and redemption, straight from the heart of contemporary America.
As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away.
Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America.
'I would say that Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for our time (and it is) but it is so much more than that. It is a novel for all times. The splendor and heart and insight and brilliance contained in the pages holds up a light the rest of us can follow' Ann Patchett
'Absolutely transcendent. A gorgeously woven narrative . . . not a word or idea out of place. THE RANGE. I am quite angry this is so good' Roxane Gay
'A stirringly gifted writer' New York Times
© Yaa Gyasi 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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A brilliant novel, with not a word out of place
Guardian, Best Books of 2021
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A piercing story of faith, science and the opioid crisis . . . Transcendent Kingdom really sings. There's bravery as well as beauty here
Observer
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Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for all times
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Absolutely transcendent. A gorgeously woven narrative . . . not a word or idea out of place. I am quite angry this is so good
Roxane Gay
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Transcendent Kingdom is a quietly magnificent novel - vivid, touching and beautifully written, and also unafraid to be, and to remain, really very sad.
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Her equally outstanding second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, smaller in scale, is another graceful exploration of trauma reverberating through a family...introspective and intimate
Sunday Telegraph
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This novel is an unflinching account of loss, but it is also a moving tribute to the ability of the human spirit to endure such tragedies
The Times
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Gyasi's novel is a thoughtful analysis of a pressing social problem
Mail on Sunday
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Among other things [Transcendent Kingdom] is a sharp reckoning with the tensions between race, science and religion...its scope is pared back, its register intimate - not many writers can switch style like this
Sunday Times Culture
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A powerful portrayal of love and faith that reminds us how our parents' actions can ripple through generations
Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Yaa Gyasi
- Narrator
- Bahni Turpin
- Duration
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241989784
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues
- Rating
- 4.7(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a searing novel of love and loss, addiction and redemption, straight from the heart of contemporary America. As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away. Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America.'I would say that Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for our time (and it is) but it is so much more than that. It is a novel for all times. The splendor and heart and insight and brilliance contained in the pages holds up a light the rest of us can follow' Ann Patchett'Absolutely transcendent. A gorgeously woven narrative . . . not a word or idea out of place. THE RANGE. I am quite angry this is so good' Roxane Gay'A stirringly gifted writer' New York Times© Yaa Gyasi 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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