![]() ![]() It is also, alas, something of a concoction. Its ambition, if not quite its achievement, seems commensurate with the scale of its subject. ".There is plenty to admire in “Homegoing,” published when Gyasi was twenty-six, not least the conviction of its storytelling, which storms sleeplessly through the generations. You don't need to be currently reading it for your comments to add richness and value to the conversation.Īs a starting point for our discussion, I pulled this excerpt out of a 2020 New Yorker review of this novel. If you read Transcendant Kingdom previously, feel free to drop in and share your thoughts, too. If you're planning to read and participate, let us know. Join that discussion any time by accessing this link. We're also reading and discussing Corregidora. Here's a Sept 2020 48-minute interview Gyasi did with NPR's Fresh Air. Her father is a professor of French at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and her mother is a nurse.Īt age 26, she won the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award and the American Book Award for her debut novel Homegoing. When she was 2 years old, her family moved to the US, and from 10 on, she lived in Huntsville. Gyasi was born in Mampong, Ghana in 1989. TK explores themes of depression, addiction, religion and race. In it, Gyasi presents Gifty, a 28 year old woman in her 6th year of pursuing a Ph.D. ![]() ![]() This is our discussion thread for Transcendent Kingdom, one of our two November group fiction reads written by Black authors. ![]()
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