{"product_id":"homegoing-yaa-gyasi-9781101971062","title":"Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER   WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE   WINNER OF THE PEN \/ HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION   \u003c\/b\u003eGhana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne of Oprah s Best Books of the Year, \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYAA GYASI\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers  Workshop, where she held a Dean s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65808632414557,"sku":"K060780831","price":11.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6078083100001A.jpg?v=1788503406","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/homegoing-yaa-gyasi-9781101971062","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}