Title : The Rapture of the Innocents - Taiye Selasi - Book

Summary :

This is the story of a family, the breakups and heartbreaks that occur within it, and the efforts made by each to work towards reconciliation. In the space of one evening, the peaceful life of the Sai family collapses: Kweku, the father, a Ghanaian surgeon highly respected in the United States, suffers a blatant professional injustice. Unable to bear this humiliation, he abandons Folá, his beautiful Nigerian wife, and their four children. From now on, Olu, their eldest son, will have no other goal than to live the life his father should have had. The twins, the beautiful Taiwo and her brother Kehinde, the renowned artist, will see their adolescence turned upside down by a tragedy that will haunt them long after the fact. Sadie, the youngest, is jealous of all her siblings. But the outbreak of a new tragedy forces them all to question themselves. The experiences and memories of each character intertwine in this irresistibly original and dazzlingly powerful novel, spanning generations and cultures, traveling back and forth between West Africa and the suburbs of Boston, between London and New York.

• EAN: 9782070142675
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