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 …
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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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416 pages
German language
Published 2019 by DuMont, DuMont Buchverlag GmbH.
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Homegoing
320 pages
English language
Published 2017 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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Homegoing
320 pages
English language
Published 2017 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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- 978-0-241-24272-8Copied ISBN!
Homegoing
320 pages
English language
Published 2017 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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Homegoing
336 pages
English language
Published 2016 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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Volver a Casa / Homegoing
384 pages
Spanish language
Published 2019 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (USA) LLC.
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- 978-84-9838-956-2Copied ISBN!
Homegoing
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Published by Random House.
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- 978-1-5094-1128-3Copied ISBN!
Homegoing
English language
Published 2016 by Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A..
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- 978-0-451-49383-5Copied ISBN!
Homegoing
Chinese language
Published 2019 by Spring International Publishers.
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