Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi A Novel

Name: Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi A Novel
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ISBN: 9780375718892

ISBN-10: 0375718893

ISBN-13: 9780375718892

Edition: N/A

Authors: Arthur Japin

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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…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English