![]() ![]() In Transcendent Kingdom, Gifty’s brother Nana dies of an accidental heroin. Historical Context of Transcendent Kingdom. When she was two years old, her family moved. Yaa Gyasi was born in 1989 in Mampong, Ghana. ![]() 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. Transcendent Kingdom Brief Biography of Yaa Gyasi. Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America. But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. 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. ![]() Transcendent Kingdom: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 Yaa Gyasi € 24.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days.Īs 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. ![]()
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