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by Yaa Gyasi · 2016

Literary Fiction · ranked #116 in category

Beginning in 18th-century Ghana with two half-sisters — one who marries a British coloniser and one who is sold into slavery — the novel follows each family's lineage for seven generations, to the present day. Gyasi's debut traces slavery's long reach across history and two continents in a formally ambitious generational saga.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2016 · 2010s
Author
Yaa Gyasi
Standing
Essential Read

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