Homegoing: A novel
A nonfiction book by Yaa Gyasi that uses Homegoing to explore african american historical fiction and lgbtq historical fiction, with saga in view.
Work Information
A story where african american historical fiction meets lgbtq historical fiction.
Yaa Gyasi's nonfiction book Homegoing centers on african american historical fiction and lgbtq historical fiction while extending into saga and literary fiction.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Diversified Publishing
- Published
- 2016-06-07
- Pages
- 480 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.54 x 2.77 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780735208193
- ISBN-10
- 0735208190
- Price
- 5682 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Family Saga
Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times 2016 Notable Book One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016 NPR's Debut Novel of the Year One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016 One of Time 's Top 10 Novels of 2016 “ Homegoing is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day. Effia and Esi are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle’s dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast’s booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread of Homegoing follows Effia’s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the present day, Homegoing makes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.
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 Brooklyn.
Reviews
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Good
Best read of the year so far. Storytelling is suburb.
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Great quality, fast
Very good quality book
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Imprescindible para entender una parte fundamental de la historia negra y afroamericana. Imprescindible porque es una lectura accesible a todo el mundo y deberia ser un basico a leer cuanto antes mejor...
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Brilliant and artistic storytelling about life through generations in a surprisingly concise manner.
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It was for a gift, but it arrived in perfect shape
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... the one that stayed and the one that was forced to leave. Intense, cruel, magic, real, pitiless. A book that you feel inside, with each character.
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My favourite read of the year so far. Such a feat to have captured such a huge span of history, and made it feel personal. You live it along with the characters. I was moved to tears several times, and can't stop thinking about it afterwards. I think it might be the only book I have ever read that on finishing it, I wanted to re read it immediately.