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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 ...
The Washington Post named it "a book of blazing brilliance". [6] USA Today called it "stealthily devastating" [7] while Vox gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars. [8] The novel also received positive reviews from The New York Times Book Review, [9] The New Yorker, [10] The Boston Globe, [11] The Guardian, [12] Chicago Review of Books, [13] and The New ...
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.
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]
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Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.
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Jasoosi Dunya (Urdu: جاسوسى دنيا) is a popular series of Urdu detective stories created by Ibne-Safi. Its first novel, Dilaer Mujrim (دلير مجرم) was published in March 1952. In the following 27 years, Ibn-e-Safi wrote 127 books in the series with his last Jasoosi Dunya novel, Sehra'ee Deewana (صحرائی دیوانہ ...