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Evaristo was born in Eltham, south-east London, and christened Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo. [13] She was raised in Woolwich, the fourth of eight children born to an English mother, Jacqueline M. Brinkworth, of English, Irish and German heritage, [14] who was a schoolteacher, [15] and a Nigerian father, Julius Taiwo Bayomi Evaristo (1927–2001), known as Danny, born in British Cameroon ...
Mr Loverman is the seventh novel written by British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.Published by Penguin Books, UK, in 2013 [1] and Akashic Books, US, in 2014, [2] [3] Mr Loverman explores the life of Britain's older Caribbean community, through the perspective of a 74-year-old Antiguan-Londoner and closet homosexual.
According to review aggregator Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on seventeen critic reviews with thirteen being "rave" and four being "positive". [4] On Bookmarks March/April 2022 issue the book received a 4 out of 5 based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Evaristo deftly combines the personal and the political, as well the intersectionality of her life, in ...
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Girl, Woman, Other is the eighth novel by Bernardine Evaristo. Published in 2019 by Hamish Hamilton , it follows the lives of 12 characters in the United Kingdom over the course of several decades. The book was the co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize , alongside Margaret Atwood 's The Testaments .
Evaristo's Lara was voted Book of the Year three times. The New Statesman said: "first novels don't often make my heart beat faster….Bernardine Evaristo is a gifted black writer. Her Lara is a beautifully written novel-in-verse", [ 2 ] while Black British newspaper The Weekly Journal praised her "skill as a storyteller as well as a poet, Lara ...
Soul Tourists is an experimental novel written by British writer Bernardine Evaristo. [1] Published in 2005 by Penguin, [2] Soul Tourists draws on elements of prose, poetry, scripts and other non-fiction devices. Featuring historical figures of the past, it tells the story of a mismatched black British couple travelling from Europe to the ...
Blonde Roots is a prose novel written by British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo. Published by Penguin UK in 2009 and Penguin USA in 2010, [1] this satirical novel reverts notions of transatlantic slavery, placing Africans as masters of European slaves. In 2009, it was the Orange Prize Youth Panel Choice [2] and the Big Red Read Award. [3]