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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · May 2, 2017
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE • WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION • Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other.
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- Genres
- Black Historical Fiction, Family Sagas, Cultural Heritage Fiction
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, May 2, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE • WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION • 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.
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One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing 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 Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
Historical Lens
Come here for
- West African history, handled through a literary lens
- Prestige-leaning reading with room for discussion
Expect
- Cultural touchpoints without the homework feel
- A sustained narrative read with room for insight
Where it sits
| Black Historical Fiction | 90% |
|---|---|
| Cultural Heritage Fiction | 40% |
| Family Sagas | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Sagas
- Literary Fiction
- Black Historical Fiction
- Authors
- Yaa Gyasi
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- May 2, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Family Sagas