{"id":3520,"date":"2017-08-22T20:45:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:30:51","slug":"homegoing-yaa-gyasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/homegoing-yaa-gyasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi – A Powerful & Ambitious Debut in 300 pages"},"content":{"rendered":"
The story of two sisters, one sold into slavery and one a slave trader\u2019s wife, whose lives reflect the consequences of being displaced, horrors of slavery and the idea of home. Homegoing<\/em> by Yaa Gyasi is a family saga condensed into 300 pages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Homegoing<\/em> is the story of the lineages of two half sisters, Effia and Esi, born into Fante and Asante tribes . One grows up in a prosperous family and is promised in marriage to a powerful man while the other is captured and forced into slavery. These women fight the fate thrust upon their heads to pave their way in life. And so does the subsequent generations, unaware that their actions results in consequences that have to be borne by their children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Each chapter tells the story of one character. We start the novel in the 18th century and end it in the present day. So we skip many years as we move on to the next chapter. Each chapter (character) completes the story of the previous character in the bloodline and gives a glimpse of the next character (child) who will later on take up the mantle to complete the half told story. <\/p>\nIn Brief<\/h3>\n
A generation in one chapter<\/h3>\n
\nThe story gives a distinct place to each of the places mentioned; be it the he Gold Coast of Africa or the cotton picking plantations of Mississippi or bars of Harlem or missionary schools or America through the eyes of a black person.<\/p>\n