A searing exploration of the transatlantic slave trade from the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight
books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the
African diaspora. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first
black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the
Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020,
where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award.
She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer
to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020. Her
writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited
and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Time's
Style magazine. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in
2009. Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel
University, London, and President of the Royal Society of
Literature. She lives in London with her husband.
www.bevaristo.com
A hugely imaginative tale that invites important debates,
challenging fundamental perceptions of race, culture and
history
*Independent on Sunday*
This brilliant novel will fulfil [Evaristo's] purpose of making
readers view the transatlantic slave trade with fresh eyes
*The Times*
A phenomenal book. It is so ingenious and so novel. Think The
Handmaid's Tale meets Noughts and Crosses with a bit of Jonathan
Swift and Lewis Carroll thrown in. This should be thought of as a
feminist classic.
*Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast*
Reimagines past and present with refreshing humour and intelligence
. . . human and real
*Guardian*
[Blonde Roots] is a powerful gesture of fearless thematic ownership
by one of the UK's most unusual and challenging writers
*Independent*
As with a Swiftean satire, Evaristo's novel is powerful not for its
fantastical elements but for its ability to bring home the horror
of historical events
*Financial Times*
A hugely imaginative tale that invites important debates,
challenging fundamental perceptions of race, culture and history *
Independent on Sunday *
This brilliant novel will fulfil [Evaristo's] purpose of making
readers view the transatlantic slave trade with fresh eyes * The
Times *
A phenomenal book. It is so ingenious and so novel. Think The
Handmaid's Tale meets Noughts and Crosses with a bit of
Jonathan Swift and Lewis Carroll thrown in. This should be thought
of as a feminist classic. * Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast *
Reimagines past and present with refreshing humour and intelligence
. . . human and real * Guardian *
[Blonde Roots] is a powerful gesture of fearless thematic ownership
by one of the UK's most unusual and challenging writers *
Independent *
As with a Swiftean satire, Evaristo's novel is powerful not for its
fantastical elements but for its ability to bring home the horror
of historical events * Financial Times *
What would the world be like if Africans had enslaved Europeans, instead of vice versa? Evaristo, the daughter of an English mother and a Nigerian father as well as the award-winning author of three previous novels (e.g., The Emperor's Babe), brings such a world to life in this speculative historical fiction. Told through the voice of Doris (renamed Omorenomwara), who was stolen as a child from her home in Britain and sold into slavery, the novel manages to inject some wry, dry humor into its heartbreaking narrative, thanks to its intelligent and sarcastic heroine. The horrors and indignities of slavery are explored in terrible detail, but Doris's unflagging spirit and thirst for freedom keep the story moving. The wide variety of characters, the examinations of image and identity, and Doris's own adventures may make this a popular selection for book groups. Highly recommended for all academic and public libraries.-Alicia Korenman, Florida State Univ. Lib., Tallahassee Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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