Bøger af Tayari Jones

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019 'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' - Barack Obama A Book of the Year according the i, Guardian, Sunday Times, Sunday Mail Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Devastated and unmoored, Celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in Andre, their closest friend. When Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together. A masterpiece of storytelling, An American Marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their control.

Det unge afroamerikanske par Celestial og Roy mødes i løbet af studieårene, de gifter sig, begynder at stifte et hjem – og så rammer katastrofen: Roy bliver dømt skyldig i en forbrydelse, han ikke har begået, og dommen, han tildeles, kommer til at knuse den drøm og de håb, det unge par har bygget deres ægteskab op omkring.EN AMERIKANSK TRAGEDIE er den rystende historie om et ungt afroamerikansk pars møde med den nedarvede uretfærdighed, der stadig ulmer under overfladen i et nutidigt USA.

After the loss of her father and sister fifteen years ago, twenty-five-year-old Aria attempts to reinvent herself through beginning a family of her own, only to find that she must deal with the past before she can look to the future.

A breathtaking tale of family secrets, from the bestselling author of An American Marriage