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En medrivende roman om race, arv, kærlighed og tid. Yaa Gyasi debuterer med en gribende fortælling om slaveriets konsekvenser i løbet af 300 år, over tre kontinenter og syv generationer.
De to halvsøstre Effia og Esi vokser op i 1700-tallets Ghana uden at kende hinanden. Effia bliver giftet bort til en britisk kolonisator og lever et ubekymret liv på Cape Coast Castle, kan sende sine børn til udlandet for at få en uddannelse, så de kan vende tilbage og arbejde for det engelske imperium på Guldkysten.
Esi bliver taget til fange af de hvide kolonimagter og sidder i fangekælderen under Effias slot, indtil hun bliver skibet til USA som slave. Hendes efterkommere pukler i Alabamas bomuldsplantager, bryder kul i Mississippis miner og flygter fra Sydstaterne og slår sig ned i det 20. århundredes Harlem.
I USA og Ghana stiger og falder velstanden fra forælder til barn, kærligheden kommer og går, og karakterernes tillid til den hvide mand vakler.
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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
Maame, Cobbe Otcher, Effia Otcher, Big Man Assare, Esi Assare, Quey Collins, Richard Collins, Ness Stockham, Sam, James Richard Collins, Akosua Mensah, Kojo Freeman, Anna Foster, Abena Collins, Ohene Nyarko, H Black, Ethe Jackson, Akua Collins, Asamoah Agyekum, Eli Dalton, Willie Black, Robert Clifton, Yaw Agyekum, Esther Amoah, Carson Clifton, Amani Zulema, Marjorie Agyekum, Marcus CliftonPlaces
Fanteland, Ghana, America, Gold Coast, Cape Coast Castle, Baltimore, Pratt City, Birmingham AL, Alabama, Harlem, New York CityTimes
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2017-04, Vintage Books
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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
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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
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