The Two Hearts Of Kwasi Boachi
$29.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2001
Summary
‘A virtuoso recreation of an extraordinary life’ - Daily Telegraph
In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. They have been given to the Dutch by the King of the Ashanti as surety in a deal over illegal slave trading. The two boys think they have been sent to acquire a European education, but time passes. They forget their native language and become exiles. Treated as curiosities by white people, their friendship suffers and their paths div…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099287872 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099287870 |
| Author: | Arthur Japin |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Beautifully crafted and spellbinding
Beautifully crafted and spellbinding * Daily Mail *
A bravura rendering of historical detail… Japin’s greatest accomplishment is the narrator’s tone in which the voice of an embittered old man merges with that of a perceptive but scared and betrayed child * Independent on Sunday *
An elegant and ultimately moving fictional reworking of another troubling chapter of Europeans in Africa and Africans in Europe – Caryl Phillips
Mesmerising… Like Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha, Japin’s ventriloquism is virtually flawless * Time Out *
A deeply humane book about a spectacularly exotic subject * New York Times Book Review *
Arthur Japin
Arthur Japin’s first novel, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi, was an international bestseller and has since been adapted for the stage, opera, and film. Casanova went straight into the Dutch bestseller lists and won the prestigious Libris prize.
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