A piercing story of faith, science and the opioid crisis...
Transcendent Kingdom really sings. There's
bravery as well as beauty here * Observer *
[A] mightily enjoyable novel * Daily Mail *
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 novel for all times
* Ann Patchett *
Transcendent Kingdom is
a quietly magnificent novel -
vivid, touching and beautifully written, and also unafraid to be, and to remain, really very sad. * i *
Perhaps neither science nor religion alone could capture...transcendence, but Gyasi has proved, once again, that a novel can * Guardian *
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 (Ireland) *
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 *
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 *
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 *
With
deft agility and undeniable artistry, Gyasi's latest is
an eloquent examination of resilient survival * Booklist *
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 *
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 