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Ghana must go

Follows the Sais' journey, moving with great elegance through time and place to share the truths hidden and lies told, the crimes committed in the name of love. In the wake of their father's death, the family gathers in Ghana at the home of their mother, Fola. What is revealed in their reunion is the story of how they came apart.

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  • "A portrait of a modern family, and an exploration of the importance of where we come from to who we are. In a sweeping narrative that takes us from Accra to Lagos to London to New York, Ghana Must Go teaches that the truths we speak can heal the wounds we hide."
  • "Follows the Sais' journey, moving with great elegance through time and place to share the truths hidden and lies told, the crimes committed in the name of love. In the wake of their father's death, the family gathers in Ghana at the home of their mother, Fola. What is revealed in their reunion is the story of how they came apart."@en
  • "Die literarische Sensation aus Amerika - ein kosmopolitischer Familienroman: In Boston, London und Ghana sind sie zu Hause, Olu, Sadie und Taiwo. Sechs Menschen, eine Familie, über Weltstädte und Kontinente zerstreut. In Afrika haben sie ihre Wurzeln und überall auf der Welt ihr Leben. Bis plötzlich der Vater in Afrika stirbt. Nach vielen Jahren sehen sie sich wieder und machen eine überraschende Entdeckung. Und sie finden das verloren geglaubte Glück - den Zusammenhalt der Familie. Endlich verstehen sie, dass die Dinge nicht einfach ohne Grund geschehen. So wurde noch kein Familienroman erzählt. Taiye Selasi ist die neue internationale Stimme - jenseits von Afrika."
  • "Contemporary fiction. This is the story of a family of the simple, devastating ways in which families tear themselves apart, and of the incredible lengths to which a family will go to put itself back together. It is the story of one family, the Sais, whose good life crumbles in an evening; a Ghanaian father, Kwaku Sai, who becomes a highly respected surgeon in the US only to be disillusioned by a grotesque injustice; his Nigerian wife, Fola, the beautiful homemaker abandoned in his wake; their eldest son, Olu, determined to reconstruct the life his father should have had; their twins, seductive Taiwo and acclaimed artist Kehinde, both brilliant but scarred and flailing; their youngest, Sadie, jealously in love with her beautiful college friend. All of them sent reeling on their disparate paths into the world. Until, one day, tragedy spins the Sais in a new direction. This is the story of a family: torn apart by lies, reunited by grief. A family absolved, ultimately, by that bitter but most tenuous bond: familial love. Ghana Must Go interweaves the stories of the Sais in a rich and moving drama of separation and reunion, spanning generations and cultures from West Africa to New England, London, New York and back again. It is a debut novel of blazing originality and startling power by a writer of extraordinary gifts."
  • ""Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before"--Dust jacket flap of English edition."
  • "A renowned surgeon and failed husband, Kweku Sai succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. In the wake of Kweku's death, the family gathers in Ghana, at their mother, Fola's, new home. The eldest son and his new wife; the mysterious, beautiful twins; their baby sister, now a young woman - all come together for the first time in years, each carrying secrets of his own."@en
  • "A renowned surgeon and failed husband, Kweku Sai succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. In the wake of Kweku's death, the family gathers in Ghana, at their mother, Fola's, new home. The eldest son and his new wife; the mysterious, beautiful twins; their baby sister, now a young woman - all come together for the first time in years, each carrying secrets of his own."
  • "Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before."
  • ""Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before"--Dust jacket flap."

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Translations"@he
  • "Electronic books"
  • "English fiction"@he
  • "Roman anglais"

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  • "Gå væk, Ghana"
  • "Ghana ga weg : roman"
  • "Ghana must go"@en
  • "Ghana must go"
  • "Gå væk, Ghana : roman"@da
  • "Diese Dinge geschehen nicht einfach so Roman (Fischer Taschenbibliothek)"
  • "תמיד בדרך הביתה"
  • "Le ravissement des innocents : roman"
  • "Lejos de ghana"
  • "Diese Dinge geschehen nicht einfach so : Roman"
  • "La bellezza delle cose fragili"
  • "La bellezza delle cose fragili"@it
  • "Diese Dinge geschehen nicht einfach so Roman"
  • "Lejos de Ghana"
  • "Tamid ba-derekh ha-baitah"
  • "Lejos de Ghana"@es
  • "Ghana ga weg"
  • "Ghana must go : [a novel]"

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