Girl, Woman, Other

Brought to you by Penguin. ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019***RECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis is Britain as you've never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told.From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . . 'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle 'Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond.' Stylist'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red'Brims with vitality' Financial Times'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019(c) Bernardine Evaristo 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

Brought to you by Penguin. ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019***RECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis is Britain as you've never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told.From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . . 'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle 'Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond.' Stylist'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red'Brims with vitality' Financial Times'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019(c) Bernardine Evaristo 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

"Girl, Woman, Other" er Bernardine Evaristos prisvindende, energiske og polyfoniske roman om en række sorte kvinders vidt forskellige liv og kampe i Storbritannien gennem de sidste hundrede år. Fra Newcastle til Cornwall og fra begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede til det 21. århundrede følger "Girl, Woman, Other" 12 karakterer og deres personlige rejse gennem Storbritannien fra de sidste hundrede år. De er alle på udkig efter noget - en delt fortid, en uventet fremtid, et hjem, en elsket, en savnet mor, en bortgåen far eller bare et glimt af håb. Bernardine Evaristo modtog The Booker Prize for "Girl, Woman, Other" i 2019. Det er en livsbekræftende, poetisk og historisk bevidst hyldest til sorte kvinders liv, fællesskab og kamp i det moderne Storbritannien.

"Girl, Woman, Other" er Bernardine Evaristos prisvindende, energiske og polyfoniske roman om en række sorte kvinders vidt forskellige liv og kampe i Storbritannien gennem de sidste hundrede år. Fra Newcastle til Cornwall og fra begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede til det 21. århundrede følger "Girl, Woman, Other" 12 karakterer og deres personlige rejse gennem Storbritannien fra de sidste hundrede år. De er alle på udkig efter noget - en delt fortid, en uventet fremtid, et hjem, en elsket, en savnet mor, en bortgåen far eller bare et glimt af håb. Bernardine Evaristo modtog The Booker Prize for "Girl, Woman, Other" i 2019. Det er en livsbekræftende, poetisk og historisk bevidst hyldest til sorte kvinders liv, fællesskab og kamp i det moderne Storbritannien.

"Girl, Woman, Other" af Bernardine Evaristo er en farverig, rørende og levende fortælling om sorte britiske kvinders identitet og liv England, som vi alt for sjældent hører om. I "Girl, Woman, Other" følger vi 12 vidt forskellige og forbundne kvinders liv. Heriblandt manuskriptforfatteren Amma, som udforsker hendes sorte lesbiske identitet i hendes værker, hendes veninde Shirley, som er nedslidt efter årevis i skolesystemet som lærer, og Shirleys tidligere elev, Carole, som nu er succesfuld investmentbanker. Fra en nonbinær influencer til en 93 år gammel kvinde på en bondegård i det nordlige England, fortæller Bernardine Evaristo i "Girl, Woman, Other" om en række uforglemmelige karaktere, der spænder vidt i deres seksualitet, alder, og sociale status. Det er gribende og morsom polyfonisk roman, der skildrer Englands befolkning på en helt ny måde, og som minder os om vores ligheder i en tid af splittelse.

"Girl, Woman, Other" af Bernardine Evaristo er en farverig, rørende og levende fortælling om sorte britiske kvinders identitet og liv England, som vi alt for sjældent hører om. I "Girl, Woman, Other" følger vi 12 vidt forskellige og forbundne kvinders liv. Heriblandt manuskriptforfatteren Amma, som udforsker hendes sorte lesbiske identitet i hendes værker, hendes veninde Shirley, som er nedslidt efter årevis i skolesystemet som lærer, og Shirleys tidligere elev, Carole, som nu er succesfuld investmentbanker. Fra en nonbinær influencer til en 93 år gammel kvinde på en bondegård i det nordlige England, fortæller Bernardine Evaristo i "Girl, Woman, Other" om en række uforglemmelige karaktere, der spænder vidt i deres seksualitet, alder, og sociale status. Det er gribende og morsom polyfonisk roman, der skildrer Englands befolkning på en helt ny måde, og som minder os om vores ligheder i en tid af splittelse.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE"A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with energy and humor. There is never a single moment of dullness in this book and the pace does not allow you to turn away from its momentum."--Booker Prize Judges Bernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the first black woman to receive this highest literary honor in the English language. Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole's mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter's lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class. Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that shows a side of Britain we rarely see, one that reminds us of all that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE"A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . . An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, razor-sharp, brimming with energy and humor. There is never a single moment of dullness in this book and the pace does not allow you to turn away from its momentum."--Booker Prize Judges Bernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the first black woman to receive this highest literary honor in the English language. Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole's mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter's lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class. Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that shows a side of Britain we rarely see, one that reminds us of all that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.