Bernardine Evaristo Book order (chronological)

Frau. Schwarz. Lesbisch. Prekär. Schriftstellerin. Vierzig Jahre lang waren das die Stigmata, mit denen Bernardine Evaristo konfrontiert wurde. Doch von Anfang an hat sie dagegen angekämpft, dagegen angeschrieben, sich eingesetzt. Für einen Raum der Vielfalt und Toleranz für alle. In »Manifesto« geht die Tochter einer englischen Mutter und eines nigerianischen Vaters, aufgewachsen im armen Süden Londons, erstmals die Stationen ihres Lebens durch, die Höhen und die Tiefen, und erzählt davon, wie sie schließlich die erste Schwarze Booker-Preisträgerin wurde – ein Manifest dafür, niemals aufzugeben. Ein augenöffnendes Buch und mitreißendes Leseerlebnis. »Bernardine Evaristo gehört zu denen, die überall und von allen gelesen werden sollten.« Elif Shafak Ausstattung: 16-seitiger Bildteil, davon 16 Bilder s/w, 8 in Farbe

Evaristo rendkívüli érzékenységgel mutatja meg egy emberi élet sokféleségét, sokszínűségét és hogy senki nem fekete-fehér – még akkor sem, ha azt történetesen mi gondoljuk annak. Azokra a dolgokra emlékeztet bennünket, amik összekötnek minket az ismerőseinkkel és a szomszédainkkal, még azokban az időkben is, amikor arra biztatnak bennünket, hogy inkább forduljunk el egymástól. A lány, a nő, a többiek a kortárs brit nők egymással összefonódó közösségének megindító és reményteli története, és a jelenkori Nagy-Britannia egyszerre szórakoztató és megrázó tablóképe. A sokhangú regény tizenkét szereplője nagyon eltérő életet él: Amma leszbikus színházi rendező éppen élete nagy lehetőségére, darabjának premierjére készül a Nemzeti Színházban; régi barátja, Shirley tanár, több évtizedes munka után is london egyik pénzhiányos iskolájában rekedt, egyik volt hallgatója, Carole mégis sikeres befektetési bankár lesz.

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.

Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win - the first by a Black woman - was a revolutionary moment both for British culture and for her. After three decades as a trailblazing writer, teacher and activist, she moved from the margins to centre stage, taking her place in the spotlight at last. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo's intimate and inspirational, no-holds-barred account of how she did it, refusing to let any barriers stand in her way. She charts her creative rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to the imaginative exploration of 'untold' stories. And drawing deeply on her own experiences, she offers a vital contribution to current conversations around social issues such as race, class, feminism, sexuality and aging. This is a unique book about staying true to yourself and to your vision. It's about how to be unstoppable - in your craft, your work, your life. It is Bernardine Evaristo's manifesto for never giving up.

Traditional Chinese Edition of Girl, Woman, Other

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.

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?

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

The British Council’s annual anthology of new writing showcases the best in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from writers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Commonwealth. This new selection has been chosen by the novelists Bernardine Evaristo ( The Emperor's Babe ) and Maggie Gee ( The White Family , shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction). The last volume included Kirsty Gunn, Michel Faber, Marina Warner, Romesh Gunesekera, Hermione Lee, and Esther Freud. As always, some of the best names in English writing are sure to be included?as well as the delight of the new.

The funny and fabulous tale of two twentieth-century misfits and their adventure into European history...It is 1988, and Jessie, artiste, motormouth, ducker and diver, meets Stanley, angst-ridden banker and boffin. Jessie arrives like a guardian angel and lifts Stanley out of his soul-less life. He ditches his job, and together they set off across Europe. Destination -- unknown. Duration -- indeterminate. So begins an odyssey which turns into an adventure on the stage of European history featuring Shakespeare's "dark lady of the sonnets", Pushkin's African great-grandfather, the composer Chevalier de St. Georges and other colourful characters from Europe's past.

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.

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.