Bernardine Evaristo Books

From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity among an interconnected group of Black British women

Traditional Chinese Edition of Girl, Woman, Other

"Mr Loverman" by Bernardine Evaristo tells the story of 74-year-old Barrington Walker, who leads a double life as a husband and a secret lover to his childhood friend, Morris. Set against the backdrop of Britain's Caribbean community, the novel delves into themes of identity, love, and the struggle for authenticity amidst societal expectations.

It's a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed and left bleeding on the street. The boy's mother wonders how this could have happened to her son. She is full of questions, but when the answers lie so close to home, are they really what she wants to hear?

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in retro suits and a fondness for quoting Shakespeare, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly homosexual, lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. His deeply religious and disappointed wife, Carmel, thinks he sleeps with other women. When their marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away? Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community, which explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the extent of what can happen when people fear the consequences of being true to themselves.

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series designed for English language learners, featuring adapted texts, new illustrations, and language exercises. Each print edition provides access to online supporting materials. The series includes popular classics, contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing learners to bestselling authors and engaging content. The eight levels align with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for language learning. Exercises at the back of each Reader help practice grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills, while questions before, during, and after reading enhance comprehension and vocabulary development. The Level 7 Reader is B2 in the CEFR framework, featuring complex sentences and advanced grammatical structures. This powerful novel explores themes of race and the lives of twelve individuals, emphasizing the importance of community, love, and care. Readers can unlock online resources, including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans, and answer keys, with the print edition. The author, an award-winning writer, has received numerous accolades, including the Booker Prize and the British Book Awards. She is also a Professor of Creative Writing and President of the Royal Society of Literature, residing in London.

Tells the story how Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, priests and even some white members of her own family, to discovering the arts through her local youth theatre

Booker Prize winner's debut semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on her own childhood and family history. It explores the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life elsewhere, but who end up struggling to be accepted even as they lay the foundations for their children and future generations.

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER 'Wildly entertaining, deeply affecting' Ali Smith Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She's a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair and bare feet - and she's just been married off a fat old Roman. Life as a teenage bride is no joke but Zeeks is a born survivor. She knows this city like the back of her hand: its slave girls and drag queens, its shining villas and rotting slums. She knows how to get by. Until one day she catches the eye of the most powerful man on earth, the Roman Emperor, and her trouble really starts... Silver-tongued and merry-eyed, this is a story in song and verse, a joyful mash-up of today and yesterday. Kaleidoscoping distant past and vivid present, The Emperor's Babe asks what it means to be a woman and to survive in this thrilling, brutal, breathless world.

Presents an imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people. This title brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises questions about the society. číst celé