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Manifesto : on never giving up, Bernardine Evaristo

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Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was an historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year history. Girl, Woman, Other was named a favorite book of the year by President Obama and Roxane Gay, was translated into thirty-five languages, and has now reached more than a million readers. Evaristo's astonishing nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is a vibrant and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream and fought over several decades to bring her creative work into the world. With her characteristic humor, Evaristo describes her childhood as one of eight siblings, with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother, tells the story of how she helped set up Britain's first Black women's theatre company, remembers the queer relationships of her twenties, and recounts her determination to write books that were absent in the literary world around her. She provides a hugely powerful perspective to contemporary conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging. She reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. In Manifesto, Evaristo charts her theory of unstoppability, showing creative people how they too can visualize and find success in their work, ignoring the naysayers. Both unconventional memoir and inspirational text, Manifesto is a unique reminder to us all to persist in doing work we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted. Evaristo shows us how we too can follow in her footsteps, from first vision, to insistent perseverance, to eventual triumph
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
ix, 228 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802158901
Instance
Label
Manifesto : on never giving up
Title
Manifesto
Title remainder
on never giving up
Statement of responsibility
Bernardine Evaristo
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was an historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year history. Girl, Woman, Other was named a favorite book of the year by President Obama and Roxane Gay, was translated into thirty-five languages, and has now reached more than a million readers. Evaristo's astonishing nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is a vibrant and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream and fought over several decades to bring her creative work into the world. With her characteristic humor, Evaristo describes her childhood as one of eight siblings, with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother, tells the story of how she helped set up Britain's first Black women's theatre company, remembers the queer relationships of her twenties, and recounts her determination to write books that were absent in the literary world around her. She provides a hugely powerful perspective to contemporary conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging. She reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. In Manifesto, Evaristo charts her theory of unstoppability, showing creative people how they too can visualize and find success in their work, ignoring the naysayers. Both unconventional memoir and inspirational text, Manifesto is a unique reminder to us all to persist in doing work we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted. Evaristo shows us how we too can follow in her footsteps, from first vision, to insistent perseverance, to eventual triumph
Biography type
autobiography
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DLC
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1959-
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Evaristo, Bernardine
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Evaristo, Bernardine
  • Women authors, English
  • Women, Black
Target audience
adult
Label
Manifesto : on never giving up, Bernardine Evaristo
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Publication
Copyright
Control code
on1281797984
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
ix, 228 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802158901
Lccn
2021052955
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour)
Label
Manifesto : on never giving up, Bernardine Evaristo
Publication
Copyright
Control code
on1281797984
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Extent
ix, 228 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780802158901
Lccn
2021052955
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour)

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