[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"work-reviews-detail-transcendent-kingdom-j1ob":3,"work-reviews-list-transcendent-kingdom-j1ob":212},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"original_title":7,"description":8,"first_publish_year":9,"original_language":10,"primary_cover_url":11,"cover_3d_url":12,"cover_blurhash":13,"preferred_edition_id":7,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":14,"page_count":15,"estimated_reading_minutes":16,"shelves_added_this_week":14,"enrichment_status":17,"community_depth_avg":7,"community_momentum_avg":7,"community_atmosphere_avg":7,"community_craft_avg":7,"community_impact_avg":7,"community_spice_avg":7,"is_non_fiction":18,"is_romance":18,"is_indexable":19,"rating_distribution":7,"authors":20,"genres":27,"characters":36,"places":54,"subjects":64,"series":159,"editions":160,"enrichment":193,"community_distribution":7,"default_edition":208,"faqs":209,"reviews_count":210,"contributions_count":14,"quotes_count":14,"photos_count":14,"created_at":211},"01kkc7avp31zvagzczqagxsdvf","transcendent-kingdom-j1ob","Transcendent Kingdom",null,"Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at Stanford, studying the neural circuitry of reward-seeking and addiction in mice. Her clinical, meticulous research is not abstract: her brilliant older brother, Nana, died of a heroin overdose after a sports injury led to opioid dependency, and her mother now lies in Gifty's bed sunk in a depression so profound she can barely move.\n\nRaised in Alabama by Ghanaian immigrant parents in an evangelical church, Gifty has spent her life caught between the certainties of faith she absorbed as a child and the empirical rigor she now lives by. As she cares for her mother and pursues her experiments, the novel moves fluidly between past and present — her family's arrival in America, her father's departure, Nana's decline, her own loss of faith — searching for a way to reconcile science and spirit, suffering and meaning.\n\nYaa Gyasi's second novel is a quiet, piercing study of grief, addiction, immigration, and belief. Interior and unshowy, Transcendent Kingdom trades the sweep of her debut for depth, offering an intimate portrait of one mind trying to understand why we suffer and whether anything can save us.",2020,"en","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kkc7avrragxsahq4zvmndtt0.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks-3d\u002F01\u002F01kkc7avp31zvagzczqagxsdvf.png?v=d1e796524b","L~L3idWBkCa|~CoLofj[WAs:ayj[",0,288,327,"pending",false,true,[21],{"id":22,"slug":23,"name":24,"role":25,"bio":26},"01kk3n067sqs2jy2289zpmq5vy","yaa-gyasi-bz7w","Yaa Gyasi","author","Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City.\r\nPhoto: © Michael Lionstar\r\nsource: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com\u002Fauthors\u002F2117741\u002Fyaa-gyasi",[28,32],{"id":29,"name":30,"slug":31,"is_fiction":19},9,"Literary Fiction","literary-fiction",{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"is_fiction":19},59,"Contemporary Literature","contemporary-literature",[37,42,46,50],{"id":38,"name":39,"description":40,"role":41,"is_spoiler":18},"01kkc7avyzze7xdda708z2h2h8","Gifty","A Ghanaian-American neuroscience PhD student studying addiction, torn between faith and science.","protagonist",{"id":43,"name":44,"description":7,"role":45,"is_spoiler":19},"01kjsvs3gxdamyrtsv97h947ej","Major Major Major Major","supporting",{"id":47,"name":48,"description":49,"role":45,"is_spoiler":18},"01kjz3pkrm3877evchh0ycb8xz","Nana","Gifty's gifted older brother, whose death from opioid addiction haunts the family.",{"id":51,"name":52,"description":53,"role":45,"is_spoiler":18},"01kwwr89pthp8y2dgwcneyf3dy","Gifty's mother","A devout, hardworking immigrant felled by profound depression after Nana's death.",[55,58,61],{"id":56,"name":57,"description":7,"is_fictional":18,"real_world_location":7},"01kk5svhvfpqq15gd6ra91y6zr","Ghana",{"id":59,"name":60,"description":7,"is_fictional":18,"real_world_location":7},"01kk4d5n284t8vevnt3skkwm5t","Alabama",{"id":62,"name":63,"description":7,"is_fictional":18,"real_world_location":7},"01kwwqee18nqtme4388kpj14s4","Stanford, California",[65,69,72,75,78,81,84,87,90,93,96,99,102,105,108,111,114,117,120,123,126,129,132,135,138,141,144,147,150,153,156],{"id":66,"name":67,"type":68},"01kjq6wxwvh4me514j0b29sba5","American literature","subject",{"id":70,"name":71,"type":68},"01kjq6v9gcfgydc3916g2jh698","New York Times bestseller",{"id":73,"name":74,"type":68},"01kjq6vgkpcdc647a9z7bypsdk","New York Times reviewed",{"id":76,"name":77,"type":68},"01kjq79070pfd1twar0wtdg034","Brothers and sisters, fiction",{"id":79,"name":80,"type":68},"01kjq6wyccmk2w4mf3aam73k3p","Fiction, family life",{"id":82,"name":83,"type":68},"01kjwj7nzcb3ckfpk369p1cn2r","Fiction, cultural heritage",{"id":85,"name":86,"type":68},"01kjq6wyeahfxhxragbmkzr1rz","Fiction, family life, general",{"id":88,"name":89,"type":68},"01kkc7avvs4h7y0nf7pkt4cdg7","Women medical students",{"id":91,"name":92,"type":68},"01kkc7avw2wss06dmzk3b77dz2","Ghanaians",{"id":94,"name":95,"type":68},"01kjq71ebrbyychh2gkzdpxnrp","Grief",{"id":97,"name":98,"type":68},"01kjq84ydvgccm9yszwmmwjf29","Faith",{"id":100,"name":101,"type":68},"01kkc7avwap8r0c865raqfdf0d","Mentally ill mothers",{"id":103,"name":104,"type":68},"01kjq6wyf02z4z2wsrfr3wdwkf","Families",{"id":106,"name":107,"type":68},"01kjrg1kmw04hvm9q0qp1essjc","Psychiatry",{"id":109,"name":110,"type":68},"01kjq88der75s7nb58qsdymdb1","Research",{"id":112,"name":113,"type":68},"01kjstq81y6tmggcv5pmha1r55","Depressed persons",{"id":115,"name":116,"type":68},"01kjqdv4q7y3mkcxxp8qkna0my","Brothers",{"id":118,"name":119,"type":68},"01kjq6xw1yqkkxse3s83pq4sgc","Death",{"id":121,"name":122,"type":68},"01kkc7avx2bpyawv0ev7jr9nt4","Étudiantes En Médecine",{"id":124,"name":125,"type":68},"01kjq6v9h1askcq1gcr9esa879","Romans, nouvelles",{"id":127,"name":128,"type":68},"01kjr7enekqhyjyx8vgks85a3v","Chagrin",{"id":130,"name":131,"type":68},"01kjr3apkb6kjsea3swpv99bdj","Foi",{"id":133,"name":134,"type":68},"01kkc7avxkpemgrp93y456r5yh","Mères vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale",{"id":136,"name":137,"type":68},"01kjq75vs6jjepr0kwkkx099he","Familles",{"id":139,"name":140,"type":68},"01kjq846nh4y3xrkzze61hddxd","Psychiatrie",{"id":142,"name":143,"type":68},"01kjqtt36wsjq6gmw1184d695f","Recherche",{"id":145,"name":146,"type":68},"01kjrb3bbyk5amgxze82fjbph2","Frères",{"id":148,"name":149,"type":68},"01kjq6xw5h4rfjdtjb1brkf07h","Mort",{"id":151,"name":152,"type":68},"01kjq7ddyrrgpb8x0w2f8yyrzm","FICTION \u002F Literary",{"id":154,"name":155,"type":68},"01kkc7avymcgaaw8h2me8d8fhe","FICTION \u002F Family Life \u002F Siblings",{"id":157,"name":158,"type":68},"01kjst7v5ev3pqx26bmdfvrgzb","FICTION \u002F Cultural Heritage",[],[161,171,178,185,190],{"id":162,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":163,"format_label":164,"page_count":165,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"narrator":7,"publish_date":166,"cover_url":167,"cover_blurhash":7,"isbn_13":168,"asin":7,"publisher":169,"language":7,"quality_score":14,"submission_status":170},"01kkc7avs47sfmr08fwjgyarjy","paperback","Paperback",416,"Sep 08, 2020","https:\u002F\u002Fcovers.openlibrary.org\u002Fb\u002Fid\u002F10401376-L.jpg","9780593215333","Random House Large Print Publishing","approved",{"id":172,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":163,"format_label":164,"page_count":173,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"narrator":7,"publish_date":174,"cover_url":175,"cover_blurhash":7,"isbn_13":176,"asin":7,"publisher":177,"language":7,"quality_score":14,"submission_status":170},"01kkc7avsj5gkfhc9wv5fgkkcw",304,"Jul 06, 2021","https:\u002F\u002Fcovers.openlibrary.org\u002Fb\u002Fid\u002F10873666-L.jpg","9781984899767","Vintage Books",{"id":179,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":180,"format_label":181,"page_count":15,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"narrator":7,"publish_date":182,"cover_url":11,"cover_blurhash":7,"isbn_13":183,"asin":7,"publisher":184,"language":10,"quality_score":14,"submission_status":170},"01kkc7avrragxsahq4zvmndtt0","unknown","Unknown","2020","9780525658184","Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group",{"id":186,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":180,"format_label":181,"page_count":15,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"narrator":7,"publish_date":187,"cover_url":7,"cover_blurhash":7,"isbn_13":188,"asin":7,"publisher":189,"language":10,"quality_score":14,"submission_status":170},"01kkc7avsxddfr8zg7my58cvtp","2021","9780241433379","Penguin Books, Limited",{"id":191,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":180,"format_label":181,"page_count":15,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"narrator":7,"publish_date":182,"cover_url":7,"cover_blurhash":7,"isbn_13":192,"asin":7,"publisher":184,"language":10,"quality_score":14,"submission_status":170},"01kkc7avt8xa740kx6kavqverk","9780525658191",{"summary":194,"pace":195,"complexity":196,"complexity_score":197,"audience":198,"mood":199,"themes":205,"setting_period":7,"content_warnings":206},"Gifty, a neuroscience PhD student studying addiction in mice, grapples with the wreckage in her own family: a brother lost to opioid addiction and a mother immobilized by depression. Raised in an evangelical Ghanaian-immigrant household in Alabama, she searches for meaning between faith and science. Yaa Gyasi's quiet, piercing novel of grief, addiction, and belief.","moderate","dense",7,"adult",[200,201,202,203,204],"reflective","melancholic","emotional","thought-provoking","philosophical",[],[207],"substance-abuse",{"id":162,"title":6,"edition_name":7,"format":163,"format_label":164,"page_count":165,"audio_duration_minutes":7,"publish_date":166,"cover_url":7,"cover_blurhash":13,"isbn_13":168,"asin":7,"publisher":169,"language":7},[],2,"2026-03-10T15:55:00.000000Z",{"data":213,"links":244,"meta":245},[214,229],{"id":215,"slug":216,"title":217,"user":218,"work_id":4,"is_draft":18,"verified_reader":18,"featured":18,"body":7,"overall_rating":224,"depth":7,"momentum":7,"atmosphere":7,"craft":7,"impact":7,"spice":7,"spoiler_level":225,"locale":7,"feed_item_key":226,"like_count":14,"comment_count":14,"top_likers":227,"viewer_can_reply":18,"created_at":228,"updated_at":228},"01kt4sfgvza02h81r14e85vc2n","review-of-transcendent-kingdom-by-frogus","Review of \"Transcendent Kingdom\" by frogus",{"id":219,"name":220,"username":220,"avatar_url":221,"is_system":18,"published_reviews_count":222,"books_read_count":223},454,"frogus","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Favatars\u002F454.webp?v=1780405292",404,460,4,"none","rv-01kt4sfgvza02h81r14e85vc2n",[],"2026-06-02T18:28:05.000000Z",{"id":230,"slug":231,"title":232,"user":233,"work_id":4,"is_draft":18,"verified_reader":18,"featured":18,"body":7,"overall_rating":240,"depth":7,"momentum":7,"atmosphere":7,"craft":7,"impact":7,"spice":7,"spoiler_level":225,"locale":7,"feed_item_key":241,"like_count":14,"comment_count":14,"top_likers":242,"viewer_can_reply":18,"created_at":243,"updated_at":243},"01ksqwekfkec2af2g9kndpqnxw","review-of-transcendent-kingdom-by-fatmazarchives","Review of \"Transcendent Kingdom\" by fatmazarchives",{"id":234,"name":235,"username":236,"avatar_url":237,"is_system":18,"published_reviews_count":238,"books_read_count":239},421,"Fatma","fatmazarchives","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Favatars\u002F421.webp?v=1779832402",110,112,5,"rv-01ksqwekfkec2af2g9kndpqnxw",[],"2026-05-28T18:09:53.000000Z",{"first":7,"last":7,"prev":7,"next":7},{"path":246,"per_page":247,"next_cursor":7,"prev_cursor":7,"has_more":18},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fapi\u002Fworks\u002F01kkc7avp31zvagzczqagxsdvf\u002Freviews",20]