![]() Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780241975237 Number of pages: 320 Weight: 225 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself.Įpic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer. As each chapter offers up a new descendant, alternating between Effia’s and Esi’s bloodline right up to the present day, a chasm of experience and the differing legacies of chance are brought starkly to light. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. One sold into slavery one a slave trader's wife. There, it disappeared, becoming one with the night.Įffia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. ![]() It lived off the air it slept in caves and hid in trees it burned, up and through, unconcerned with what wreckage it left behind, until it reached an Asante village. ![]() It moved quickly, tearing a path for days. ![]() The night Effia Otcha was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged through her father’s compound. Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for October 2017 ![]()
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