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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.
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Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Homegoing
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Yaa Gyasi
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 024124272X
- ISBN13
- 9780241242728
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, USA, Africa, Race, Racism, 18th century, Sisters, Family Sagas, Bestsellers, Slavery, Ghana, Ghanaian Literature
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- Homegoing
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
- Description
- THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.