Bøger af 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

Spanning over three hundred years in Ghana, two half-sisters are born in different villages. One will marry an Englishman and live in a Cape Coast Castle, while the other is imprisoned beneath her in a dungeon, sold into the slave trade where she is shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren are raised in slavery.

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.Homegoing, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past.Half-sisters Effia and Esi are born into different villages in Ghana. The sisters' lives follow different paths: Effi marries a wealthy Englishman, while Esi is captured and sold into slavery.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.

Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book PrizeA New York Times 2016 Notable BookOne of Oprah's 10 Favorite Books of 2016NPR's Debut Novel of the YearOne of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of2016One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016';Homegoingis an inspiration.' Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day. Effia and Esi are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle's dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast's booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread ofHomegoingfollows Effia's descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the present day,Homegoingmakes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.

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