Look Again : Feminism

Barrington Jedidiah Walter est marié à Carmel depuis un demi-siècle. À soixante-quatorze ans, toutes ses dents, Barrington Jedidiah Walter est plus que jamais le séducteur que Carmel a connu à Antigua, avant d'émigrer à Londres avec lui. Dandy, noceur, artiste de la conversation, ce gentleman des Caraïbes est un véritable « Valium humain ». Ils sont mariés depuis un demi-siècle et Barry est toujours très épris de son amour de jeunesse. Mais ce n'est pas Carmel.
Le corps musclé de Morris Courtney de la Roux rend Barry fou depuis soixante ans. Son âme-soeur devine sa moindre pensée, sa bouche termine ses phrases. Toute sa vie, Morris a supplié Barry de venir vivre avec lui, en vain. Pourquoi ? Convenances héritées de la société figée des Caraïbes ? Peur de choquer une épouse pieuse qui ne le croit que coureur de jupons ? Aujourd'hui, Barry sent que s'apprête à passer sa dernière chance d'être enfin heureux...
De cette histoire d'un homosexuel prisonnier d'un mariage malheureux, André Gide, puis Marguerite Yourcenar et Diane de Margerie avaient tiré des drames. Bernardine Evaristo, elle (lauréate du Booker Prize 2019 avec Margaret Atwood ), fait du récit de la libération de son héros un festival de bonne humeur, d'esprit et de fierté assumée.

Mr. Loverman

Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood      'Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere. Her tales marry down-to-earth characters with engrossing story lines about identity, and the UK of today' Elif Shafak                     'Evaristo's books are always exciting, always subversive, a reminder of the boundless possibilities of literature and the great worth in reaching for them. Her body of work is incredible' Diana Evans      'Witty, exhilarating and wise... Once again, Bernardine Evaristo reminds us she is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtly and humanity. Exceptional' Nikesh Shukla      Girl, Woman, Other  follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.  Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.   'If you don't yet know her work, you should - she says things about modern Britain that no one else does' Maggie Gee,  Guardian

GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER - BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 2019

The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristobr>br>Bernardine Evaristo''s 2019 Booker win - the first by a Black woman - was a revolutionary moment both for British culture and for her. After three decades as a trailblazing writer, teacher and activist, she moved from the margins to centre stage, taking her place in the spotlight at last. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. br>br>MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo''s intimate and inspirational, no-holds-barred account of how she did it, refusing to let any barriers stand in her way. She charts her creative rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to the imaginative exploration of ''untold'' stories. And drawing deeply on her own experiences, she offers a vital contribution to current conversations around social issues such as race, class, feminism, sexuality and aging. br>br>This is a unique book about staying true to yourself and to your vision. It''s about how to be unstoppable - in your craft, your work, your life. It is Bernardine Evaristo''s manifesto for never giving up.br>br>''Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere.'' Elif Shafakbr>br>''Bernardine Evaristo is one of Britain''s best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtlety and humanity. Exceptional'' Nikesh Shuklabr>br>''Bernardine Evaristo is the most daring, imaginative and innovative of writers'' Inua Ellams>

MANIFESTO

Ne jamais abandonner?: telle est la devise que n'a cessé de suivre Bernardine Evaristo tout au long de son extraordinaire trajectoire. Née d'un ouvrier nigérian et d'une institutrice anglaise, l'autrice de Fille, femme, autre - qui lui a valu le Booker Prize en 2019 aux côtés de Margaret Atwood - raconte ici son enfance dans la banlieue londonienne des année 1960, ses épreuves, le racisme, les injustices, mais aussi la foi inextinguible et joyeuse qui l'a guidée dans ses nombreuses aventures. 

Autoportrait de l'artiste en femme rebelle, passionnée et touche-à-tout, Manifesto nous entraîne dans les coulisses d'une vie trépidante, faite de voyages, d'amours, de poésie, de théâtre et d'engagements. Ce texte intime jette un regard neuf sur quelques-unes des questions essentielles de notre époque - le féminisme, la sexualité, le militantisme, le communautarisme. 

Avec panache, humour et générosité, Bernardine Evaristo nous invite, chacune et chacun, à devenir ce que nous sommes, envers et contre toutes les formes d'oppression.

Manifesto - Ne renoncez jamais

'In its exploration of geographical, racial and cultural dislocation, Sugar and Slate is in the finest tradition of work to have emerged from the black diaspora in recent times' Gary Younge, GuardianA powerful, radiant memoir from writer Charlotte Williams exploring the intertwined history of Wales, Africa and the CaribbeanThe daughter of a white Welsh-speaking mother and a Black father from Guyana, Charlotte Williams' childhood world was one of mixed messages, dominated by the feeling that 'somehow to be half Welsh and half Afro-Caribbean was always to be half of something but never quite anything whole at all'. Sugar and Slate tells the fascinating story of her journey of self-discovery, toing and froing between the small north Wales town where she grew up, Africa and the Caribbean. Blending memoir with historical research, Sugar and Slate delves deep into Black Welsh history, revealing the nation as home to one of the first interracial marriages in Britain in 1768, and a site of Britain's first major race riots in 1919. Powerful, lyrical and intimate, Williams' experience casts light on Wales and Welshness, illuminating what it is to be racially marginalized within a community, which is itself marginalized within Britain, and offering a unique insight into the complex Black history of Wales. A title in the Black Britain: Writing Back series - selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation.

Sugar and Slate

Imaginez un choeur polyphonique réunissant douze femmes dont un homme trans, âgées de 19 à 93 ans, presque toutes noires, chantant leur(s) expérience(s) britannique(s) dans une scénographie multipliant décors et points de vue de Newcastle à Cornwall en passant par Londres et dans une chronologie s'étendant du XXe siècle aux trébuchements d'un XXIe siècle remodelé par les mouve-ments #metoo et #Blacklivesmatter. Cela donne Fille, Femme, autre, un roman-fusion époustouflant où, comme le soutien-gorge en son temps, la ponctuation a été allègrement jetée par la fenêtre. Son auteure, Bernardine Evaristo, a raflé comme une tornade dans son passage tous les honneurs dont le Man Booker Prize 2019 devenant ainsi la première femme noire à recevoir le prestigieux prix.  C'est l'histoire entremêlée d'Amma, Yazz, Dominique, Carole, Bummi , LaTisha, Shirley, Winsome, Penelope, Megan/Morgan, Hattie et Grace et d'autres encore. Chacune d'elles cherche un avenir, une maison, l'amour, une mère absente, un père perdu, une identité, un genre - il, elle, iel - une existence, et au passage, le bonheur. Toutes ont traversé l'espace et le temps - pour atterrir au coeur de l'Angleterre, carrefour historique des migrations et échouer aux confins éternellement figés des castes britanniques. Femmes invisibles dans la société anglaise, elles prennent corps et âmes sous la plume libre et libératrice d'une auteure, poète, dramaturge qui, avec ce huitième roman, signe une oeuvre d'une grande vitalité.

Fille, Femme, autre

Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood      'Astonishing. How she can speak through twelve different people and give them each such distinct and vibrant voices? I loved it. So much' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie       'Didn't think I could love a Bernardine Evaristo novel more than  The Emperor's Babe  but with  Girl, Woman, Other  she might just have outdone herself' Diana Evans, author of  Ordinary People       'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of  How to be both       'Witty, exhilarating and wise... Once again, Bernardine Evaristo reminds us she is one of Britain's best writers' Nikesh Shukla        'Exceptional.  Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl...  You have to order it right now'   Stylist    'At turns funny and sad, tender and true, this book deserves to win awards'  Red           Girl, Woman, Other  follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.  Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.

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