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Contemporary, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Yaa Gyasi
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Salamandra, LGF, VOIR DE PRES
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241433386
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Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City. Photo: © Michael Lionstar source: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2117741/yaa-gyasi
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