Homegoing (PB)
320 pages | Paperback |
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Ć¢ā¬Ā¢ WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE Ć¢ā¬Ā¢ WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION Ć¢ā¬Ā¢Ć 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 OprahĆ¢ā¬ā¢s Best Books of the Year,Ć HomegoingĆ 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 GyasiĆ¢ā¬ā¢s extraordinary novel illuminates slaveryĆ¢ā¬ā¢s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayedĆ¢ā¬āand shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
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320 pages | Paperback |
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Ć¢ā¬Ā¢ WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE Ć¢ā¬Ā¢ WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION Ć¢ā¬Ā¢Ć 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 OprahĆ¢ā¬ā¢s Best Books of the Year,Ć HomegoingĆ 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 GyasiĆ¢ā¬ā¢s extraordinary novel illuminates slaveryĆ¢ā¬ā¢s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayedĆ¢ā¬āand shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
