The Resource Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
Resource Information
The item Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- 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
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 468 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780735208193
- Label
- Homegoing : a novel
- Title
- Homegoing
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Yaa Gyasi
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gyasi, Yaa
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sisters
- Women, Black
- Slavery
- Intermarriage
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Homegoing : a novel, Yaa Gyasi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 468 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780735208193
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- geneal. tab.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928105896
- 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.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 468 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780735208193
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- geneal. tab.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928105896
Subject
- Intermarriage -- England -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
- Women, Black -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2016
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2017
- trueFamily Sagas
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Debut Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Historical Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueLoan Stars Favourites: 2016
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: John Leonard Prize
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2016
- truePEN/Hemingway Award
Library Locations
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Delaware County District LibraryBorrow it84 East Winter Street, Delaware, OH, 43015, US40.299672 -83.064923
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