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Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi

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Author
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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
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
11 audio discs (13 hr., 11 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Includes a PDF of the family tree
Isbn
9780735209817
Instance
Label
Homegoing
Title
Homegoing
Statement of responsibility
Yaa Gyasi
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
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"--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
BTCTA
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Gyasi, Yaa
Dewey number
813/.6
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Dominic Hoffman
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Hoffman, Dominic
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  • Women
  • Sisters
  • Ghana
  • Women, Black
  • Slavery
  • Intermarriage
  • African Americans
  • Ghana
  • England
  • Ghana
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Includes a PDF of the family tree
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn928574868
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
11 audio discs (13 hr., 11 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780735209817
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9780735209817
Publisher number
PRHA 5744
Special playback characteristics
unknown
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60bjsw
  • ZEbjsw
  • 40bjsw
  • 50bjsw
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Includes a PDF of the family tree
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn928574868
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
11 audio discs (13 hr., 11 min.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780735209817
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9780735209817
Publisher number
PRHA 5744
Special playback characteristics
unknown
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
Stock number
  • 60bjsw
  • ZEbjsw
  • 40bjsw
  • 50bjsw
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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