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WINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for trailblazing new Black British novelists A shattering portrayal of family, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family's deepest secrets explosively unravel When Anita finally returns home to London after a long absence, everything has changed. Her father is dead, her mother is away, and she and her sister Beth are alone together for the first time in years. They share a house. They share a family. They share a past. Tentatively, they reach out to one another for connection, but the house echoes with words unspoken. Dazzling and heart-breaking, Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is a searing portrait of family, a rebellion against silence and a testament to the human capacity for survival.'A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel' Bernardine Evaristo
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Bernard and the Cloth Monkey, Bryan C. Lindley, Judith A. Heyworth
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Bernard and the Cloth Monkey
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bryan C. Lindley, Judith A. Heyworth
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0241482682
- ISBN13
- 9780241482681
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Race, Racism
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- WINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for trailblazing new Black British novelists A shattering portrayal of family, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family's deepest secrets explosively unravel When Anita finally returns home to London after a long absence, everything has changed. Her father is dead, her mother is away, and she and her sister Beth are alone together for the first time in years. They share a house. They share a family. They share a past. Tentatively, they reach out to one another for connection, but the house echoes with words unspoken. Dazzling and heart-breaking, Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is a searing portrait of family, a rebellion against silence and a testament to the human capacity for survival.'A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel' Bernardine Evaristo