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ISBN10: 1101971061
ISBN13: 9781101971062
Publisher: Vintage
Published: May 2 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781101971062
Publisher: Vintage
Published: May 2 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
This tracks the lives of two sisters in eighteenth century Ghana. One is sold into slavery and the other marries a slaver. Each chapter follows the next generation until we have followed their family line for eight generations. One of the best books I have read. It explores themes of family and inherited trauma. -Catherine
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE - WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION - Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.
One of Oprah's Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
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