Yaa Gyasi

Strhující, kaleidoskopická prvotina představuje pozoruhodný nový hlas anglicky psané literatury: román o rase, dějinách, předcích, lásce a času, který po tři sta let na dvou světadílech sleduje osudy potomků dvou sester, rozdělených v Africe osmnáctého století. Dvě sestry, dcery různých otců, ale stejné matky, Effia a Esi, se v Ghaně osmnáctého století narodí ve dvou různých vesnicích a jedna o druhé nevědí. Effii provdají za Angličana a ona vede pohodlný život v přepychových komnatách pevnosti Cape Coast. Její potomci budou jezdit za vzděláním do ciziny a po návratu na Zlaté pobřeží získají úřednická místa ve správě kolonií. Esi, uvězněná hluboko pod Effií v ženské kobce pevnosti a pak poslaná na lodi do Ameriky, bude prodána do otroctví. Román Yai Gyasi se táhne od ghanských válek k otrokářství a občanské válce v Americe, od uhelných dolů na americkém Jihu k Velké migraci do Harlemu dvacátého století, prochází příběhy, osudy a zeměmi a zachycuje – s pozoruhodnou úsporností a silou – obtížné hledání identity národa i jednotlivce. Yaa Gyasi napsala mistrovské dílo moderní prózy.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.

A BBC Top 100 Novels that Shaped Our World Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer. 'This incredible book travels from Ghana to the US revealing how slavery destroyed so many families, traditions and lives - and how its terrifying impact is still reverberating now. Gyasi has created a story of real power and insight' Stylist, the Decade's 15 Best Books by Remarkable Women Selected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the Beautiful Book Award 2017

**From the bestselling author of Homegoing** 'A BOOK OF BLAZING BRILLIANCE' Washington Post ______________________________________________ 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. Transcendent Kingdom is a searing story story of love, loss and redemption, and the myriad ways we try to rebuild our lives from the rubble of our collective pasts. ______________________________________________________ '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 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

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. Transcendent Kingdom is a searing story story of love, loss and redemption, and the myriad ways we try to rebuild our lives from the rubble of our collective pasts.

Osemnáste storočie, Ghana. Dve nevlastné sestry Effia a Esi sa narodia v rôznych dedinách. Effiu vydajú za Angličana a žije v pohodlí v komnatách pevnosti Cape Coast. Effia netuší, že jej sestra Esi je uväznená v podzemných kobkách a spolu s tisíckami ďalších ju predajú ako otrokyňu a odvezú do Ameriky, kde zažijú jej deti a vnúčatá život v neslobode. Jedna dejová línia sleduje Effiino potomstvo v priebehu storočí vo vojnami zmietanej Ghane, kde národy Fantov a Ašantov zápasia s otrokárstvom a britskou kolonizáciou. Druhá dejová línia sleduje Esi a osudy jej detí v Amerike. Prevedie čitateľov južanskými plantážami, občianskou vojnou a veľkým sťahovaním černošského obyvateľstva, nechá ich nazrieť do uhoľných baní v Pratt City v Alabame, vezme ich do džezových klubov a feťáckych brlohov Harlemu dvadsiateho storočia a skončí sa v súčasnosti. Návrat domov približuje históriu a s neuveriteľnou emočnou silou zachytáva, ako veľmi sa do duše národa vryli spomienky na život v zajatí. Spisovateľka Yaa Gyasi sa posúva od generácie ku generácii a osud jednotlivca stavia zoči-voči zničujúcim poryvom času. Predstavuje čitateľovi životy ľudí, ktorých nemilosrdne zmietli dejinné sily.