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Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

International Dublin Literary Award · 2021 · ShortlistBooker Prize · 2019 · Winner
Black Catliterary-fictionISBN 9780802156983

Award History

AwardYearStatus
International Dublin Literary Award2021Shortlist
Booker Prize2019Winner

About This Book

Twelve interconnected characters—mostly Black British women—move through different worlds and generations in contemporary England, each chapter told in a distinctive, flowing style that ignores conventional punctuation. The novel celebrates the diversity of Black British experience, exploring feminism, sexuality, race, and identity with compassionate humour and formal ingenuity.

About the Author

Bernardine Evaristo was born on 28 May 1959 in Eltham, south-east London, to an English mother and a Nigerian father. Educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School for Girls, she graduated from Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in 1982. In the 1980s, she co-founded Britain's first black women's theatre company, Theatre of Black Women. Read more →

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