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Homegoing

  • Yaa Gyasi

4.24

25 ratings

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.

Genres

  • African American Historical Fiction
  • LGBTQ historical fiction
  • saga
  • literary fiction
  • historical fiction
  • women
  • slavery
  • African Americans
  • history
  • FICTION
  • Literary
  • Sagas
  • Historical
  • African American
  • Large type books
  • FICTION / African American / Historical
  • FICTION / Literary
  • FICTION / Sagas
  • Fiction, african american, historical
  • Slaves, fiction
  • African americans, fiction
  • nyt:hardcover-fiction=2016-06-26
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Fiction, african american & black, historical
  • collectionID:EanesChallenge
  • General
  • African American Fiction
  • Literature
  • collectionID:bannedbooks
  • Women
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Slavery
  • Enslaved persons, fiction
  • African american historical fiction
  • Lgbtq historical fiction
  • Saga
  • Literary fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • African americans
  • African american
  • Fiction / african american / historical
  • Fiction / literary
  • Fiction / sagas
  • Nyt:hardcover-fiction=2016-06-26
  • New york times bestseller
  • New york times reviewed
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About the author

  • Yaa Gyasi

    born 1989

    4.30

    27 ratings · 4 works

Editions

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    French and European Publications Inc

    2017-01-25

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    Librairie generale francaise

    2018-01-03

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    SALAMANDRA, Salamandra

    May 18, 2017

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    DuMont, DuMont Buchverlag GmbH

    2019

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Wydawnictwo Literackie

May 19, 2016

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    Third printing

    Alfred A. Knopf

    2016-06

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    First Charnwood Edition

    Charnwood

    2017

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    Anchor Canada

    May 02, 2017

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    Random House Audio

    Jun 07, 2016

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    Books on Tape

    2016 June 07

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    First Vintage Books Edition (10)

    Vintage Books

    2017-04

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    1ª edición

    Salamandra

    2017 March

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    Sixth Printing

    Alfred A. Knopf

    2016-07

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    First Large Print Edition (1)

    Random House Large Print

    2016

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    First Vintage Books Edition

    Vintage Books

    2017 April

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    Prima edizione digitale

    Garzanti

    2017 April

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    JPV

    2017

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    Bond Street Books / Doubleday

    2016

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    Viking

    2016

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    Bond Street Books / Penguin Random House

    2016

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    Lindhardt og Ringhof

    2016

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    Lindhardt og Ringhof

    2016

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    Alfred A. Knopf

    2016

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    Spring International Publishers

    2019

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    Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A.

    2016

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    Random House

    Jun 07, 2016

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    Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (USA) LLC

    2019

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    Penguin Books, Limited

    2017

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    Penguin Books, Limited

    2017

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    Penguin Books, Limited

    2017

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    Penguin Books, Limited

    2016