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Nov 4, 2019 · “Girl, Woman, Other” is a big, busy novel with a large root system. The characters start to arrive (Amma, Yazz, Dominique, Carole, Bummi and LaTisha) and they keep arriving (Shirley, Winsome ...
May 2, 2019 · The winner of the 2019 Man Booker Prize, Girl, Woman, Other takes an energetic look at British Black womanhood. The linked short story collection consists of four triptychs, each focusing on the hopes and frustrations of Black women as they navigate Britain’s social hierarchy.
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Dec 13, 2019 · Bernardine Evaristo's nuanced and entertaining Booker Prize-winning novel is told from the point of view of 12 British women of color — all just a few degrees of separation apart from each other...
Nov 5, 2019 · Kirkus Prize. winner. National Book Award Finalist. Four men who meet as college roommates move to New York and spend the next three decades gaining renown in their professions—as an architect, painter, actor and lawyer—and struggling with demons in their intertwined personal lives.
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My biggest concern prior to reading Girl, Woman, Other was that I would find the writing style somewhat jarring. Known – and loved by many – for its ‘fusion fiction’, the absence of full stops and the long sentences, it’s not a style I always enjoy (my intense dislike for Ulysses being a case in point), but I loved it from the moment I started read...
This year, Bernadine Evaristo is chair of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Read more about her role here. If, like me, you loved the mention of music throughout Girl, Woman, Other, there’s a Spotify playlistthat features all the songs Evaristo included in her novel.
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people. Twelve very different people, mostly black and female, more than a hundred years of change, and one sweeping, vibrant, glorious portrait of contemporary Britain. Bernardine Evaristo presents a gloriously new kind of history for this old country...
Bernardine Evaristo is the author of Lara, winner of the Emma Best Book Award in 1999, The Emperor’s Babe and Soul Tourists. She is a former Poet in Residence at the Museum of London, and her work has been widely anthologized. She won a prestigious Arts Council Writers Award in 2000.
Other Berndine Evaristo books include: Blonde Roots, Mr Loverman, Hello Mum, Soul Tourists and The Emperor’s Babe. Love this post? Click hereto subscribe. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase using this link.
Dec 3, 2019 · Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other is an essential novel of race and gender: Review. By. Leah Greenblatt. Published on December 3, 2019 10:00AM EST. Photo: Hamish Hamilton.
Oct 24, 2019 · This highly readable, even slightly saga-ish, book is dedicated to presenting the life experiences of 12 black British women from different backgrounds, giving a voice as directly as possible to...
