I don’t know if I have enough words to describe the way I love Yaa Gyasi’s writing. I have given copies of her first book, Homegoing, to every reader that I know. Her second book, Transcendent Kingdom, is at first glance very different but deals with many similar themes. Transcendent Kingdom is told by Gifty, a neuroscientist researching addictive behavior in mice. She’s brilliant, a dedicated scientist at a world class institution, but also a loner who wants human connection but pushes it away at every […]
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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi