Homegoing

A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection 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. Selected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the Beautiful Book Award 2017

Product details

• Authors: Yaa Gyasi, Gyasi Yaa
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780241975237
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97523-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Ghana, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Generational sagas, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / African American & Black / Historical