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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016.Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held ...
Yaa Gyasi was born in Mampong, Ghana [5] to Sophia, a nurse, and Kwaku Gyasi, a professor of French at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. [6] [7] Her family moved to the United States in 1991 so her father could complete his Ph.D. at Ohio State University.
Transcendent Kingdom is the second novel by Ghanaian American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2020 by Alfred A. Knopf. Transcendent Kingdom was found by Literary Hub to have made 17 lists of the best books of 2020. [1]
The making of Yaa Gyasi into one of the most discussed modern voices of American fiction came at a slow pace — the luxury afforded by a debut novel. The Ghanaian American writer took seven years ...
This is a list of notable Urdu-language writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Pages in category "Urdu-language books" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aab-e hayat (Azad)
Mirat-ul-Uroos (Urdu: مراۃ العروس, The bride's mirror) is an Urdu language novel written by Indian author Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also popularly known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, (1830–1912) and published in 1869. [1]
Angarey or Angaaray (translated alternatively as "Embers" or "Burning Coals") is a collection of nine short stories and a one act play in Urdu by Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jahan, Mahmud-uz-Zafar and Ahmed Ali first published in 1932 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the Progressive Writers' Movement in Indian literature.