An edition of Homegoing (2016)

Heimkehren

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An edition of Homegoing (2016)

Heimkehren

  • 4.29 ·
  • 21 Ratings
  • 236 Want to read
  • 13 Currently reading
  • 30 Have read

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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German
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Cover of: Heimkehren
Heimkehren
2019, DuMont, DuMont Buchverlag GmbH
in German
Cover of: Homegoing
Homegoing
2017-04, Vintage Books
Trade Paperback in English - First Vintage Books Edition (10)
Cover of: Homegoing
Homegoing
2017, Charnwood
in English - First Charnwood Edition
Cover of: Homegoing
Homegoing
2016-06, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - Third printing
Cover of: Homegoing
Homegoing
2016-07, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - Sixth Printing
Cover of: Homegoing
Homegoing
2016, Random House Large Print
Paperback in English - First Large Print Edition (1)

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OL39810999M
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9783832164607

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The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged through the woods just outside her father’s compound.
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