The Resource Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
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The item Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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- Summary
- "Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Homegoing : a novel
- Title
- Homegoing
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Yaa Gyasi
- Subject
-
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueRacism
- trueSlavery
- trueGhana -- History
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Ghana -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueCivil war
- trueAdult books for young adults
- African Americans -- History -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- trueFamily sagas
- Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
- Intermarriage -- Fiction
- Ghana -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueHalf-sisters
- Women, Black -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueSeparated friends, relatives, etc
- trueAfrican American women
- trueAfrica -- History -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation"--
- Summary
- Homegoing opens in 18th-century West Africa and introduces two half-sisters whose fates could not be more different. There's Effia, who becomes the mistress of a British slave-trader, and Esi, who survives the Middle Passage only to live out her days in bondage on an American plantation. In the centuries that follow, Effia's family experiences the destructive legacies of British imperialism and warfare between the Fante and Asante people, while Esi's descendants live through the Civil War, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement. -- Description by Gillian Speace
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2017.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Debut, 2017.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2016.
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2016.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2016
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10481456
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gyasi, Yaa
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3607.Y37
- LC item number
- H66 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 910
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Slavery
- African Americans
- Sisters
- Women, Black
- Slavery
- Intermarriage
- Ghana
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101947135
- Lccn
- 2015039411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)922630850
- (OCoLC)ocn922630850
- 489106
- Label
- Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 305 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101947135
- Lccn
- 2015039411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)922630850
- (OCoLC)ocn922630850
- 489106
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAfrica -- History -- 18th century
- trueAfrican American women
- African Americans -- History -- Fiction
- trueCivil war
- trueFamily sagas
- trueGhana -- History
- Ghana -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- trueHalf-sisters
- trueHistorical fiction
- Intermarriage -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- trueSeparated friends, relatives, etc
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- Women -- Ghana -- Fiction
- Women, Black -- Fiction
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueFamily sagas
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2017
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueAfrican American Historical Fiction
- trueBook Club Best Bets
- trueFamily Sagas
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Debut Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Historical Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueLoan Stars Favourites: 2016
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- truePEN/Hemingway Award
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
- trueRecommended by Halle Eisenman
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2016
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2017.
- Award
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2017.
- Award
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Debut, 2017.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2016.
- Award
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2016.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2016
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