Homegoing: A novel

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Homegoing: A novel

Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
One of Oprahâ€™s 10 Favorite Books of 2016
NPR's Debut Novel of the Year
One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books OfÂ 2016
One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016, Winner of 2017 PEN Hemingway award for debut fiction.

â€œHomegoingÂ is an inspiration.â€ â€”Ta-Nehisi CoatesÂ

The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.
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Effia and Esi are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castleâ€™s dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coastâ€™s booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread ofÂ HomegoingÂ follows Effiaâ€™s descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the present day,Â HomegoingÂ makes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25111027
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 2016-06-07
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781101947135

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25111027
Color	Gold
ReleaseDate	2016-06-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781101947135

Homegoing: A novel

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