The two hearts of kwasi boachi

R$ 57,90

Sinopse

In 1837, two young African princes arrive at the court of Willem I in the Netherlands. They have been given to the Dutch by the King of the Ashanti as surety in a deal over illegal slave trading. The two boys think they have been sent to acquire a European education, but time passes. They forget their native language and become exiles. Treated as curiosities by white people, their friendship suffers and their paths diverge. Years later, as the twentieth century dawns, the elderly Kwasi, now owner of a coffee plantation in Java, sits down to write his autobiography. Based on a true story, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi is both a brilliant piece of storytelling and a moving portrayal of the search for identity and belonging.

Participantes

Autor: Arthur Japin

Autor

ARTHUR JAPIN

Arthur Japin nasceu em Haarlem, na Holanda, em 1956. Autor de diversas peças e romances, estudou teatro em Londres e em Amsterdam. Já foi cantor de ópera e apresentador de televisão. Alguns de seus romances são considerados clássicos da literatura holandesa contemporânea. Entre eles, estão The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi (1997), Os olhos de Lúcia (2007), Someone Found (2007) e O homem com asas (2016), em que reelabora, em chave literária, a vida do aviador brasileiro Alberto Santos-Dumont.