Tayari Jones

Celestial y Roy acaban de casarse y son la personificación tanto del Sueño Americano como del «nuevo Sur estadounidense». Él es un joven ejecutivo y ella es una artista en ciernes con una brillante c

Celestial et Roy viennent de se marier. Elle est à l'aube d'une carrière artistique prometteuse, il s'apprête à lancer son business. Ils sont jeunes, beaux et incarnent le rêve américain... à ceci pr

Une plongée dans l'intimité d'un couple afro-américain séparé par une injustice.

James Witherspoon ist Chauffeur, lebt in Atlanta und ist mit zwei Frauen verheiratet. Chaurisse ist seine offizielle Tochter, Dana ist das zweite, geheime Kind, von dem niemand wissen darf. Beide Madchen sind gleich alt, wohnen nicht weit voneinander entfernt und leben doch ganz unterschiedliche Leben. Denn wahrend Chaurisse in einer heilen Familie aufwachst, muss Dana um jede Anerkennung kampfen. Als sie vierzehn sind, laufen sich Dana und Chaurisse scheinbar zufallig uber den Weg wobei nur Dana wei, dass sie Schwestern sind. Schlielich kommt es zu einem schicksalhaften Zusammentreffen beider Familien, das fur die eine Seite den volligen Zusammenbruch bedeutet und fur die andere eine Moglichkeit zum Aufbruch.

A breathtaking tale of family secrets, from the international bestselling author of An American Marriage A Most Anticipated Book for 2020 according to The Sunday Times, the FT and the Guardian 'My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist.' This is the story of a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. James Witherspoon has two families, one public, the other a closely guarded secret. But when his daughters meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows the truth. Theirs is a relationship destined to explode. Silver Sparrow is the stunning new novel from the critically acclaimed winner of the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction, one of the most important writers of her generation.

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 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.

Roy e Celestial sono sposati da piú di un anno. Sono neri di Atalanta, convinti di avere tutta la vita davanti, regni sconfinati di pagine bianche ancora da scrivere. Roy non è certo un magnate, ma h