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Primera novela de la escritora estadounidense de origen ghanés Yaa Gyasi, la trama de esta cautivante historia de hondo calado humano se desarrolla en la costa suroccidental de África —la actual República de Ghana— y en Norteamérica desde el siglo XVIII hasta el presente. Hijas de una misma madre y de padres pertenecientes a dos etnias distintas, Effia y Esi son dos hermanas de sangre que nunca llegarán a conocerse. Sus caminos están irremediablemente destinados a separarse: así, mientras Effia es obligada a casarse con un gobernador inglés y a residir en una fortaleza junto a la costa, Esi es capturada y enviada como esclava al sur de Estados Unidos. La narración va trazando, pues, el devenir de las dos ramas de la familia, protagonistas de conmovedoras historias de aflicción, esperanza y superación en el marco de una serie de relevantes acontecimientos históricos: las guerras tribales, el negocio del cacao, la llegada de los misioneros, la Ley de Esclavos Fugitivos de 1850, la Gran Migración Negra, la lucha por los derechos civiles y el renacimiento de Harlem en los años veinte, hasta llegar a la epidemia de heroína de los setenta.
Recibida con entusiasmo desbordante en Norteamérica, Inglaterra y Francia, la crítica especializada de ambos lados del Atlántico celebró la llegada de una voz nueva, límpida y potente, dotada de un especial talento para acercar al lector el microcosmos de los sentimientos más íntimos del individuo en su desigual lucha ante la aplastante fuerza de la Historia. Una lectura apasionante, diríamos irrenunciable, que sirve de carta de presentación de una nueva generación de autores de origen africano que, sin duda, dejada huella en la literatura de este siglo.
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African American Historical Fiction, LGBTQ historical fiction, saga, literary fiction, historical fiction, women, slavery, African Americans, history, FICTION, Literary, Sagas, Historical, African American, Large type books, FICTION / African American / Historical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Sagas, Fiction, african american, historical, Slaves, fiction, African americans, fiction, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2016-06-26, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, african american & black, historical, collectionID:EanesChallenge, General, African American Fiction, Literature, collectionID:bannedbooks, Women, Fiction, History, Slavery, Enslaved persons, fiction, African american historical fiction, Lgbtq historical fiction, Saga, Literary fiction, Historical fiction, African americans, African american, Fiction / african american / historical, Fiction / literary, Fiction / sagas, Nyt:hardcover-fiction=2016-06-26, New york times bestseller, New york times reviewedPeople
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Fanteland, Ghana, America, Gold Coast, Cape Coast Castle, Baltimore, Pratt City, Birmingham AL, Alabama, Harlem, New York CityTimes
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Volver a Casa / Homegoing
2019, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (USA) LLC
in Spanish
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Homegoing
2017 April, Vintage Books
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Homegoing
2017-04, Vintage Books
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Homegoing
2016, Random House Large Print
Paperback
in English
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Homegoing
2016, Bond Street Books / Penguin Random House
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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held captive in the dungeons below. Subsequent chapters follow their children and following generations.
The novel was selected in 2016 for the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" award, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2017. It received the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for 2017, an American Book Award, and the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature.
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- The Guardian: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi review – the wounds inflicted by slavery
- The New Yorker: Descendants
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- The New York Times: Isabel Wilkerson Reviews Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Homegoing’
- NPR: 'Homegoing' Is A Sprawling Epic, Brimming With Compassion
- The Washington Post: ‘Homegoing,’ by Yaa Gyasi: A bold tale of slavery for a new ‘Roots’ generation
- New York Times review
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