Girl, Woman, Other

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English hizkuntza

2019ko abe. 13a(e)an Black Cat(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:
978-0-8021-5699-0
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OCLC zenbakia:
1142853656

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5 izar (3 berrikuspen)

Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives of twelve very different people in Britain, predominantly female and black. Aged 19 to 93, they span a variety of cultural backgrounds, sexualities, classes and occupations as they tell the stories of themselves, their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.

10 edizio

(e)k Bernardine Evaristo(r)en Girl, Woman, Other liburuaren kritika egin du

The whole really is greater than the parts

4 izar

I was very ready not to enjoy this book. Made up of a set of short stories. Each one with a different character. It's bound to be difficult to really get into. Not a bit of it. The book still felt like a whole. Sometimes one story segues into another, other times it just the tone, the threads of thought, or contrasts between them. The chapters each focus on one person, mostly black women, and their personalities are different. Sometimes it feels a little caricatured, how complicated can you get in a few 10s of pages, but at the same time never too much and aren't we all somehow fitting one or other stereotype. A whole range of social topics: life in England as black, poor, rich, lesbian, non-binary... are played out and woven throughout the stories. An enjoyable and thoughtful read.

(e)k Bernardine Evaristo(r)en Girl, Woman, Other liburuaren kritika egin du

This is about being together

5 izar

I’m very late to the afterparty, but hey. Got this as a present a while ago, but never got around to reading it. Thanks to sickness I finally made it. And what can I say. It’s wonderful. The language, the characters, the way Evaristo is able to paint their complicated, lovable, hatable, conflicted life stories. It’s a book about identity, about belonging and alienation, surviving and thriving.