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"The first ten years of my life I was not black." Thus begins this startlingly eloquent and beautiful tale based on the true story of Kwasi Boachi, a 19th-century African prince who was sent with his cousin, Kwame, to be raised in Holland as a guest of the royal family. Narrated by Kwasi himself, the story movingly portrays the perplexing dichotomy of the cousins' situation: black men of royal ancestry, they are subject to insidious bigotry even as they enjoy status among Europe’s highest echelons. As their lives wind down different paths –- Kwame back to Africa where he enlists in the Dutch army, Kwasi to an Indonesian coffee plantation where success remains mysteriously elusive -– they become aware of a terrible truth that lies at the heart of their experiences. Vivid, subtle, poignant and profound, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi is an exquisite masterpiece of story and craft, a heartrending work that places Arthur Japin on a shelf that includes Joseph Conrad, J.M. Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro and Nadine Gordimer.
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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi, Arthur Japin
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Arthur Japin
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 342
- ISBN10
- 0701168706
- ISBN13
- 9780701168704
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Schule, 19. Jahrhundert, Afrika, Niederländische Literatur, Niederlande, Unterschiedliche Kulturen
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1997
- Originaltitel
- De zwarte met het witte hart
- Bewertung
- 3,95 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- "The first ten years of my life I was not black." Thus begins this startlingly eloquent and beautiful tale based on the true story of Kwasi Boachi, a 19th-century African prince who was sent with his cousin, Kwame, to be raised in Holland as a guest of the royal family. Narrated by Kwasi himself, the story movingly portrays the perplexing dichotomy of the cousins' situation: black men of royal ancestry, they are subject to insidious bigotry even as they enjoy status among Europe’s highest echelons. As their lives wind down different paths –- Kwame back to Africa where he enlists in the Dutch army, Kwasi to an Indonesian coffee plantation where success remains mysteriously elusive -– they become aware of a terrible truth that lies at the heart of their experiences. Vivid, subtle, poignant and profound, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi is an exquisite masterpiece of story and craft, a heartrending work that places Arthur Japin on a shelf that includes Joseph Conrad, J.M. Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro and Nadine Gordimer.