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Bezig met laden... Homegoing: A novel (editie 2016)door Yaa Gyasi (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I am generally wary of novels that go for the “interconnected vignettes” style of story, but this book is an example of how good it can be when done right. Told with a stunning assurance for a debut, Gyasi spins the stories of a woman, Maame, and her two daughters, half sisters unknown to each other, and the way the lives of their descendants play out. Effia is married to a British man and stays in Ghana, but Esi is captured and sold into American chattel slavery. Each generation essentially has a short story of its own, and it’s incredibly well-executed. Gyasi’s characters are vivid and compelling and major historical events in both Ghana and America are captured in a way that feels mostly organic. There is just a ceiling for me with this kind of story structure so while I found it very, very good I never really got swept away in it the way I do with the things that I love the best, but I very much recommend it. ( ) Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi, is one of the most skilled and beautiful works of historical fiction I've ever read. Particularly I liked the ending of the book, which I will not spoil. It is difficult to find writers who can really finish a story well. They must look back as well as forward; swell the finale with the thematic elements of the book, and work magic in the heart of the reader so that they will wish to return to the story, or to the author's other stories, to see that mystical power wrought again. To do such a thing in one's first novel is a rare ability, and I am filled with something more vivid than respect, that something unnameable that bibliophiles spend their reading lives in search of. I'm guilty. I started reading this book only because I was travelling in Africa (Madagascar) but I was convinced it would be "about blaming us whites for all the problems black people have". I couldn't be more wrong, and I'm really sorry. Yaa Gyasi took 7 years to write this book, I'm not surprised. It's equally tremendously entertaining and well documented. It goes all the way from the beginning of slavery to the current issues coloured people face today in the US. One of the best historic fiction works you will get to read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Vertaling van: Homegoing. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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