This month World Book Club discusses the multi-prize-winning debut novel Homegoing with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi and her fans around the

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

影音雅亚·加西（Yaa Gyasi） (Författare). 4,7 av 5 stjärnor Denna artikel:返乡av Yaa GyasiPocketbok 109,66 kr. Yaa Gyasi föddes 1989 i Ghana och växte upp i delstaten Alabama i sydöstra USA. Idén till sin debutroman fick hon när hon besökte Ghana och Yaa Gyasi. ISBN 978-91-1-307964-6 © 2016 by YNG Books, Inc. Norstedts, Stockholm 2016 Översättning: Inger Johansson Originalets titel: Homegoing Det är förmodligen oundvikligt att Homegoing kommer att jämföras med en annan multigenational saga om slaveri och överlevnad, Alex Haleys landmärke Homegoing serves as a modern-day reconstruction of lost and untold narratives—and a desire to move forward.” —Miami Herald “Heart-wrenching . .

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haunting . . . I started reading Homegoing by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, last month at the height of Black Lives Matter Protests against police brutality in the US and around the world. I couldn’t bear to use my usual random method to select books to read next from my to-be-read list, and so I deliberately picked a book by a woman of colour from my bookshelf.

An alumna novelist returns to the campus where her book began. Yaa Gyasi's acclaimed first novel, Homegoing, whisks the reader across two continents, four One thread of Homegoing follows Effia's descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante Homegoing: A novel by Yaa Gyasi.

YAA GYASI was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers'

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Söker du efter "Vända hem" av Yaa Gyasi? Du kan sluta leta. LitteraturMagazinets recension av Vända hem, Yaa Gyasi Originaltitel: Homegoing

For both men and women, rigid gender stereotypes become a large factor in the way that they are violently oppressed: for women, the patriarchal societies on both the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) and in America lead to a lack 2016-06-06 Overview. Homegoing is a historical fiction novel by Yaa Gyasi, a Ghanaian-American novelist born in 1989.Homegoing was published in 2016 and was awarded the 2017 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the 2016 John Leonard Prize for outstanding debut novel, and the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award in 2016. Written in the tradition of Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family Essays for Homegoing. Homegoing essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Häftad bok Viking. 2016. 305 sidor. Gott skick. Säljare: Antikvariat Drotten Wisby AB (företag).
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the speed with which Gyasi sweeps across the decades isn’t confusing so much as dazzling, creating a kind of time-elapsed photo of black lives in America and in the motherland . . .

. . the speed with which Gyasi sweeps across the decades isn’t confusing so much as dazzling, creating a kind of time-elapsed photo of black lives in America and in the motherland .
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23 Nov 2019 western world and beyond via chattel slavery and colonization. HOMEGOING POR YAA GYASI: Revisão por Sidik Fofana. O poema “Blue Seuss”

. . . Yaa Gyasi’s assured Homegoing is a panorama of splendid faces.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A remarkable achievement, marking the arrival of a powerful new voice in fiction.” 2017-08-07 Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her debut novel, Homegoing, published in 2016, won her, at the age of 26, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" honors for 2016 and the American Book Award.

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. . the speed with which Gyasi sweeps across the decades isn’t confusing so much as dazzling, creating a kind of time-elapsed photo of black lives in America and in the motherland . . .

2021-02-24 Homegoing serves as a modern-day reconstruction of lost and untold narratives—and a desire to move forward.” —Miami Herald “Heart-wrenching .