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Chargement... Girl, Woman, Other (édition 2019)par Bernardine Evaristo (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreGirl, Woman, Other par Bernardine Evaristo
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This book wasn't quite what I expected - a bit more of a collection of disparate character studies, rather than anything more plot-directed, despite the interwoven threads of the character's lives. That interweaving was really intriguing, I love seeing people from different angles and points of view, and the way they crossed and recrossed each others' lives was so well done and fascinating. There were some content notes I would have appreciated knowing about beforehand, honestly (infidelity, drugs, quite a few sexual violence happenings or references, some of which were handled in such a way that skirted very near triggers for me). The poetry-prose hybrid style gave it a unique feel. Personally the lack of any full stops anywhere in the book, and the likewise lack of anything to denote beginnings or ends of sentences, made it tiring to read at times. The use of linebreaks midsentence and as a stylistic point was really well done practically everywhere it was used and had a good impact. I didn't like the book, but it was interesting. I winced through some portions of it (large swathes of Morgan's story, for example) and while sometimes the uncomfortable or bigoted/judgemental views seemed true to characters' perspectives, sometimes there seemed to be something bleeding through from the author's perspective herself. Unequivocally the best book I have read this year. Every page is perfect, every sentence, gosh, every word. Evaristo takes twelve vastly different women, connected in ways obvious and subtle, profiling their lives, their agonies, their battles and loves, self-deceptions, losses, doubts, and triumphs. Throughout she maintains that delicate ironic tone that characterises much of the best of British literature. This is a book very much of the now, touching on numerous current cultural debates, in a manner that feels authentic and precise. It is a truly polyphonic experience. This is great literature but also very much a novel in every sense of the word. I cannot recommend highly enough. The style of a different character being the focus of each chapter is not one I’m a big fan of generally, but other than that this book has a lot going for it - well written with a style just unusual enough to be interesting, empathy for all its characters, telling the story of black British women through several generations, engaging contemporary questions of gender and sexuality in a compelling way. I even misted up a bit on that touching last page, which was unexpected! Delicioso. Tudo o que quer saber sobre o universo feminino homossexual do mundo artístico de Londres. A escrita é totalmente inovadora. Mas cativante. Entramos na cabeça da autora. Muito bom. O racismo, o machismo e a luta pela sobrevivência estão sempre nas imensas histórias que Bernardine nos conta de forma magistral. Não surpreende ter vencido o Booker prize em 2019. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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La 4e de couverture indique : "Amma, Dominique, Yazz, Shirley, Carole, Bummi, LaTisha, Megan devenue Morgan, Hattie, Penelope, Winsome, Grace. Il y a dans ce livre plus de femmes noires que Bernardine Evaristo n’en a vu à la télévision durant toute son enfance. La plus jeune a dix-neuf ans, la plus âgée, quatre-vingt-treize. Douze femmes puissantes, apôtres du féminisme et de la liberté, chacune à sa manière, d’un bout du siècle à l’autre, cherche un avenir, une maison, l’amour, un père perdu, une mère absente, une identité, un genre – il, elle, iel – une existence et, au passage le bonheur. Foisonnant, symphonique, écrit dans un style aussi libre et entraînant que le sont ses héroïnes, le roman de Bernardine Evaristo poursuit son titre : Fille, femme, autre…Douze récits s’entremêlent, se répondent, riment et raisonnent. Douze vies s’épaulent et s’opposent. Chacune des douze est en quête et en conquête, de place, de classe, de traces, d’elle-même, des autres, de cet autrui en elle qui a déjà traversé maintes frontières, et a le front de vouloir encore exploser celles qui restent. « L’ “autre ” du titre peut être interprété de multiples façons. Il pourrait signifier que les femmes sont rendues autres dans certaines situations, du seul fait d’être des femmes, ou que certaines d’entre elles sont considérées comme autres parce qu’elles sont des femmes de couleur, ou queer/trans, ou prolétaires, ou immigrantes.» Bernardine Evaristo " Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA is a British author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker. ( )