From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a novel from the heart of contemporary America- a story of family love and addiction, of heartbreak and redemption.
Yaa Gyasi was born in Mampong, Ghana, and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her first novel, Homegoing, was a Sunday Times bestseller, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Novel and was shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. In 2017 Yaa Gyasi was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists and in 2019 the BBC selected her debut as one of the 100 Novels that Shaped Our World. Her second book, Transcendent Kingdom, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and is a New York Times bestseller.
A brilliant novel, with not a word out of place
*Guardian, Best Books of 2021*
A piercing story of faith, science and the opioid crisis . . .
Transcendent Kingdom really sings. There's bravery as well as
beauty here
*Observer*
Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for all times
Absolutely transcendent. A gorgeously woven narrative . . . not a
word or idea out of place. I am quite angry this is so good
*Roxane Gay*
Transcendent Kingdom is a quietly magnificent novel - vivid,
touching and beautifully written, and also unafraid to be, and to
remain, really very sad.
*i*
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*
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*
Gyasi's novel is a thoughtful analysis of a pressing social
problem
*Mail on Sunday*
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*
A powerful portrayal of love and faith that reminds us how our
parents' actions can ripple through generations
*Telegraph*
[A] mightily enjoyable novel
*Daily Mail*
Perhaps neither science nor religion alone could capture
transcendence, but Gyasi has proved, once again, that a novel
can
*Guardian*
A book of blazing brilliance . . . A double helix of wisdom and
rage twists through the quiet lines of this novel. Yaa Gyasi is one
of the most enlightening novelists writing today
*Washington Post*
A compelling look at a woman's struggle to move on from the
devastating effects of her family falling apart in front of her
eyes
*Stylist*
The must-read book of the year so far
*Elle*
A powerful, wholly unsentimental novel about family love, loss,
belonging and belief that is more focused but just as daring as its
predecessor, and to my mind even more successful
*Wall Street Journal*
Gyasi's second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, is a very different
book, and, I think, a better one - contemporary, personal, acutely
focused on a single family, and intensely felt
*New Yorker*
Exquisitely written with a lightness of touch despite its difficult
themes; this novel is a triumph
*Red*
Raw, powerful storytelling that tackles race, religion, addiction
and grief in a thoughtful way
*Good Housekeeping*
With deft agility and undeniable artistry, Gyasi's latest is an
eloquent examination of resilient survival
*Booklist*
The Ghanaian-American has become a firm literary
favour...Transcendent Kingdom is sure to cement her spot
further
*Stylist*
Meticulous, psychologically complex ... At once a vivid evocation
of the immigrant experience and a sharp delineation of an
individual's inner struggle, the novel brilliantly succeeds on both
counts
*Publishers Weekly, starred review*
Transcendent Kingdom is quiet in the way a wise soul will sit in
the corner, clear their throat and when they speak, everyone
listens...Transcendent Kingdom is a book always asking this
question: how did we get here?
*Bad Form Review*
The range Gyasi displays in just two books is staggering
*USA Today*
Remarkable, a devastating account of America . . . explores horror
without ever losing sight of humanity or hope
*Sunday Times on 'Homegoing'*
A stirringly gifted writer. It's impossible not to admire the
ambition and scope of Homegoing
*New York Times*
If you want to know why the world is this way, try this book for
starters
*Naomi Alderman, author of The Power*
I need a book like this to remember what is possible
Beautifully written . . . a raw look at the personal destruction
caused by the opioid crisis
*Scotsman*
A poignant story of family love, loss and ambition
*Radio Times*
Yaa Gyasi's writing is shining even as the tangled traumas of the
past come to the surface
*Sainsbury's Magazine*
'Yaa's depiction of these illnesses; substance addiction and
depression and the family's deep-rooted tangled traumas, is skilful
. . . Transcendent Kingdom is a story of love, loss and redemption,
and holds a mirror up to one version of the first-generation
immigrant experience that will sadly seem familiar to many of
us
*Melan Mag*
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