{"product_id":"ghana-must-go-isbn-9780143124979","title":"Ghana Must Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “buoyant” and “rapturous” debut novel (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) about the transformative power of unconditional love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElectric, exhilarating, and beautifully crafted, \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the world to Taiye Selasi, a novelist of extraordinary talent. In a sweeping narrative that takes readers from Accra to Lagos to London to New York, it is at once a portrait of a modern family and an exploration of the importance of where we come from to who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA renowned surgeon and failed husband, Kweku Sai dies suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of his death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Moving with great elegance through time and place, \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e charts their circuitous journey to one another and, along the way, teaches us that the truths we speak can heal the wounds we hide.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Freudenberger, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Selasi’s ambition—to show her readers not \"Africa\" but one African family, authors of their own achievements and failures—is one that can be applauded no matter what accent you give the word.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible from the first line—'Kweku dies barefoot on a Sunday before sunrise, his slippers by the doorway to the bedroom like dogs'—this bright, rhapsodic debut stood out in the thriving field of fiction about the African diaspora.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Economist:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e comes with a bagload of prepublication praise. For once, the brouhaha is well deserved. Ms. Selasi has an eye for the perfect detail: a baby's toenails 'like dewdrops', a woman sleeps 'like a cocoyam. A thing without senses... unplugged from the world.' As a writer she has a keen sense of the baggage of childhood pain and an unforgettable voice on the page. \u003cb\u003eMiss out on \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e and you will miss one of the best new novels of the season\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Buoyant... a joy... Rapturous.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Selasi] writes elegantly about the ways people grow apart — husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, parents and kids.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e, Selasi drives the six characters skillfully through past and present, unearthing old betrayals and unexplained grievances at a delicious pace. By the time the surviving five convene at a funeral in Ghana, we are invested in their reconciliation—which is both realistically shaky and dramatically satisfying… Narrative gold.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Daily Beast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Selasi’s prose… is a rewarding mix of soulful conjuring and intelligent introspection, and points to a bright future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003ePowerful... A finely crafted yarn that seamlessly weaves the past and present, Selasi’s moving debut expertly limns the way the bonds of family endure even when they are tested and strained\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eGorgeous. Reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri but with even greater warmth and vibrancy, Selasi’s novel, driven by her eloquent prose, tells the powerful story of a family discovering that what once held them together could make them whole again\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"Taiye Selasi is a young writer of staggering gifts and extraordinary sensitivity. \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go \u003c\/i\u003eseems to contain the entire world, and \u003cb\u003eI shall never forget it\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eSapphire, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePush\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taiye Selasi is \u003cb\u003ea totally new and near perfect voice \u003c\/b\u003ethat spans continents and social strata as effortlessly as the insertion of an ellipsis or a dash. With mesmerizing craftsmanship and massive imagination she takes the reader on an unforgettable journey across continents and most importantly deeply into the lives of the people whom she writes about. She de-'exoticizes' whole populations and demographics and brings them firmly into the readers view as complicated and complex human beings. Taiye Selasi's \u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e is a big novel, elemental, meditative, and mesmerizing; and when one adds the words 'first novel,' we speak about the beginning of an amazing career and a very promising life in letters.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeju Cole, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGhana Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e is both a fast moving story of one family's fortunes and an ecstatic exploration of the inner lives of its members. With her perfectly-pitched prose and flawless technique, \u003cb\u003eSelasi does more than merely renew our sense of the African novel: she renews our sense of the novel, period. An astonishing debut\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003eTaiye Selasi\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London and raised in Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in American studies from Yale and an M.Phil. in international relations from Oxford. “The Sex Lives of African Girls” (\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011), Selasi’s fiction debut, will appear in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2012\u003c\/i\u003e. 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