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.

From the author of the Oprahs Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is a beautifully evocative novel that proves why Tayari Jones is "one of the most important voices of her generation" (Essence). It was the end of summer, a summer during the two-year nightmare in which Atlantas African-American children were vanishing and twenty-nine would be found murdered by 1982. Here fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. The moving story of their struggle to grow up-and survive- shimmers with the piercing, ineffable quality of childhood, as it captures all the hurts and little wins, the all-too-sudden changes, and the merciless, outside forces that can sweep the young into adulthood and forever shape their lives. PRAISE FOR TAYARI JONES"Tayari Jones is blessed with vision to see through to the surprising and devastating truths at the heart of ordinary lives, strength to wrest those truths free, and a gift of language to lay it all out, compelling and clear." -- Michael Chabon"Tayari Jones has emerged as one of the most important voices of her generation." -- Essence"One of Americas finest writers." -- Nylon.com"Tayari Jones is a wonderful storyteller." -- Ploughshares span

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is an emotionally powerful novel that "succeeds mightily...truly a wonderful story" (Boston Globe). Aria is no stranger to tragedy -- as a young girl, she and her older sister and mother survived a car crash that took the lives of their father and beloved baby sister. And although relations with her remaining family are strained, shes done her best to establish a solid, normal life for herself, living in Atlanta and teaching literacy to girls who have fallen on hard times. But now she has a secret that shes not yet ready to share with Dwayne, her devoted boyfriend, or Rochelle, her roommate and best friend: Aria is pregnant. Or so she thinks. The truth is about to make her question her every assumption and reevaluate the life she has worked so hard to build for herself...as it sends her reeling in a direction she had no idea she was destined to go. Praise for Tayari Jones"Tayari Jones is blessed with vision to see through to the surprising and devastating truths at the heart of ordinary lives, strength to wrest those truths free, and a gift of language to lay it all out, compelling and clear." -- Michael Chabon"Tayari Jones has emerged as one of the most important voices of her generation." -- Essence"One of Americas finest writers." -- Nylon.com"Tayari Jones is a wonderful storyteller." -- Ploughshares

* Tayari Joness brand new novel, KIN, is available to pre-order now! Out March 2026 *One of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyA moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.Barack ObamaNewlyweds 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 didnt 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 Roys 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.A Book of the Year according the i, Guardian, Sunday Times, Sunday MailLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

" Bouleversant " Barack Obama Womens Prize for Fiction 2019Celestial et Roy viennent de se marier. Elle est a laube dune carriere artistique prometteuse, il sapprete a lancer son business. Ils sont jeunes, beaux et incarnent le reve americain... a ceci pres quils sont noirs, dans un Etat sudiste qui fait peu de cadeaux aux gens comme eux. Un matin, Roy est accuse de viol. Celestial sait quil est innocent, mais la justice sempresse de le condamner. Les annees passent, et la jeune femme tient son role depouse modele jusquau jour ou cet habit devient trop lourd a porter. Elle trouve alors du reconfort aupres dAndre, son ami denfance. A sa sortie de prison, Roy retourne a Atlanta, decide a reprendre le fil de la vie quon lui a derobee... Avec ce portrait de la classe moyenne noire du sud des Etats-Unis, Tayari Jones radiographie le couple et signe une histoire damour tragique et contemporaine qui explore les themes de la famille, de la loyaute, du racisme. Caustique et rigoureuse observatrice de son temps, cette auteure reconnue outre-Atlantique sattaque en femme de lettres aux maux qui rongent la societe americaine, et parvient a donner a ce texte fulgurant et apre tous les atours dun grand roman. Traduit de langlais (Etats-Unis) par Karine Lalechere

" Mon père, James Witherspoon, est bigame. "Cest par cette confession percutante que Dana Lynn Yarboro débute le récit dune enfance pas comme les autres au sein de la communauté afro-américaine dAtla

" Bouleversant " Barack Obama Celestial et Roy viennent de se marier. Elle est a laube dune carriere artistique prometteuse, il sapprete a lancer son business. Ils sont jeunes, beaux et incarnent le reve americain... a ceci pres quils sont noirs, dans un Etat sudiste qui fait peu de cadeaux aux gens comme eux. Un matin, Roy est accuse de viol. Celestial sait quil est innocent, mais la justice sempresse de le condamner. Les annees passent, et la jeune femme tient son role depouse modele jusquau jour ou cet habit devient trop lourd a porter. Elle trouve alors du reconfort aupres dAndre, son ami denfance. A sa sortie de prison, Roy retourne a Atlanta, decide a reprendre le fil de la vie quon lui a derobee... Womens Prize for Fiction 2019.

A profound and intimate novel about a couple whose lives are completely altered after one of them is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. 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 both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didnt commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roys time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roys conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forwardwith hope and paininto the future.Haunting ... Beautifully written. The New York Times Book Review Brilliant and heartbreaking ... Unforgettable. USA Today A tense and timely love story ... Packed with brave questions about race and class. People"Compelling. The Washington Post Epic ... Transcendent ... Triumphant. Elle A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book a 2018 Best of the Year Selection of NPR Time Bustle O, the Oprah Magazine the Dallas Morning News Amazon Oprahs Book Club 2018 Selection Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction

Rentrée littéraire 2020" Mon père, James Witherspoon, est bigame. "Cest par cette confession percutante que Dana Lynn Yarboro débute le récit dune enfance pas comme les autres au sein de la communaut

From the New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage. With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a mans deception, a familys complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoons two familiesthe public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode. This is the third stunning novel from an author deemed "one of the most important writers of her generation" (the Atlanta Journal Constitution).A love story ... Full of perverse wisdom and proud joy ... Joness skill for wry understatement never wavers. O: The Oprah Magazine Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters Ill never forget. This is a book Ill read more than once. Judy Blume

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

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

The spellbinding new novel from the Womens Prize-winning author of An American MarriageA Most Anticipated Book for 2026 according to the New York Times, New Statesman, NPR, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, Daily Express, Mirror, Scotsman, Vulture, TIME and USA TodaySmart and funny and deftly profound. This is Tayari Joness very best work. Ann Patchett, author of Tom LakeA yearning for their missing mothers pulls Vernice and Annie apart. It will take a devastating tragedy to bring them back together, in the spellbinding new novel from award-winning author, Tayari JonesVernice and Annie are cradle friends, born days apart in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, both destined never to know their mothers. The girls are inseparable, bound by a friendship far deeper than sisterhood. But this is the American south in the 1950s. Black girls like Vernice and Annie have to fight for every opportunity they can, and neither one can build the future they hope for in Honeysuckle. Gradually, inevitably, the girls drift apart. Vernice pursues her education; Annie is lured by the promise of a heady first love affair and a growing obsession with finding her mother. But her search pulls her even further into a world of danger that soon leaves her oldest friend battling to save her. Tayari Jones returns with an exuberant, richly told story about mothers, daughters, and a lifelong friendship that is as dangerous as it is unbreakable.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American MarriageTayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR Tayari Joness storytelling washed over me like a trip back home. . . . Kin is a masterpiece of a novel that will live with you long after you turn the last page. Oprah WinfreyVernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mothers death, Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women and discovers a world of affluence, manners, aspiration, and inequality. Annie, abandoned by her mother as a child and fixated on the idea of finding her and filling the bottomless hole left by her absence, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity, as well as love and adventure, culminating in a battle for her life.A novel about mothers and daughters, friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South, Kin is an exuberant, emotionally rich, unforgettable work from one of the brightest and most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction.

* Tayari Joness brand new novel, KIN, is available to pre-order now! Out March 2026 **SILVER SPARROW IS THE BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*From the award-winning author of An American Marriage comes this breathtaking tale of a sisterhood defined by a fathers secret, perfect for fans of Brit Bennett and Yaa GyasiMY FATHER, JAMES WITHERSPOON, IS A BIGAMIST.SECRETSDana and Chaurisse are sisters who have never met. The only thing binding them together is the life-changing secret of their fathers double life.LIESOnly one of them knows the truth about James and his hidden family. When the girls do finally meet and become friends, the fragile promise that has kept his secrets safe for so long threatens to implode. HOPEThis soulful story of friendship and sisterhood paints an unforgettable picture of the messy knots that bind families together, from the author of modern classic, An American Marriage.AN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A GUARDIANBEST BOOK OF 2020 TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS * A BOOKSELLER SMALL PUBLISHERS 2020 TOP 20Do not miss this cant-actually-stop-reading-it novel from the author of the Womens Prize for Fiction-winning An American Marriage.Stylist