Books by Yaa Gyasi

A BBC Top 100 Novels that Shaped Our WorldEffia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself.Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.'This incredible book travels from Ghana to the US revealing how slavery destroyed so many families, traditions and lives - and how its terrifying impact is still reverberating now. Gyasi has created a story of real power and insight' Stylist, the Decade's 15 Best Books by Remarkable WomenSelected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First BookShortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the Beautiful Book Award 2017

En medrivende roman om race, arv, kærlighed og tid. Yaa Gyasi debuterer med en gribende fortælling om slaveriets konsekvenser i løbet af 300 år, over tre kontinenter og syv generationer. De to halvsøstre Effia og Esi vokser op i 1700-tallets Ghana uden at kende hinanden. Effia bliver giftet bort til en britisk kolonisator og lever et ubekymret liv på Cape Coast Castle, kan sende sine børn til udlandet for at få en uddannelse, så de kan vende tilbage og arbejde for det engelske imperium på Guldkysten. Esi bliver taget til fange af de hvide kolonimagter og sidder i fangekælderen under Effias slot, indtil hun bliver skibet til USA som slave. Hendes efterkommere pukler i Alabamas bomuldsplantager, bryder kul i Mississippis miner og flygter fra Sydstaterne og slår sig ned i det 20. århundredes Harlem. I USA og Ghana stiger og falder velstanden fra forælder til barn, kærligheden kommer og går, og karakterernes tillid til den hvide mand vakler. "Gyasis fantastiske debut giver et uforglemmeligt og pageturning syn på Ghana og Amerikas historie." - Publisher?s Weekly