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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
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Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national bestseller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.
Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut.
Editions of Transcendent Kingdom
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780385695176
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780525658184
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780385695190
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781984899767
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780593215333
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385695183
- EBook
- ISBN 9780525658191
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780593215319
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780593215326
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780593215302
Read an Excerpt
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION
Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national bestseller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.
Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Transcendent Kingdom about?
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION
Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national bestseller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.
Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Transcendent Kingdom?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Transcendent Kingdom?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Transcendent Kingdom?
Yaa Gyasi
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Transcendent Kingdom is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780385695176) and hardcover(ISBN 9780525658184) and paperback(ISBN 9780385695190) and paperback(ISBN 9781984899767) and paperback(ISBN 9780593215333) and ebook(ISBN 9780385695183) and ebook(ISBN 9780525658191) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780593215319) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780593215326) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780593215302)
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