Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo

Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo

From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's memoir of her own life and writing, and her manifesto on unstoppability, creativity, and activism

Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was an historic and revolutionary occasion. The first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize, Evaristo's breathtaking Girl, Woman, Other was dubbed godlike in its scope and insight by the Washington Post, named a favorite book by President Obama, Roxane Gay, and countless other readers, and translated into thirty-five languages.

Evaristo's nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is an intimate and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream to fight to bring her creative work into the world. She recalls her childhood and teenaged years as a young actor and playwright in London, details her early political awakenings and activism, and recounts her determination to tell stories that were absent in the literary world around her. In her over three decades of centering the stories and histories of Black Britons, Evaristo refused to let any barriers stand in her way. In Manifesto, she charts her theory of unstoppability, and explains how she broke with convention to achieve fulfillment both artistic and personal. Drawing deeply on her own varied experiences and the people who have inspired her, Evaristo offers a vital contribution to conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging.

Manifesto is a unique inspiration to us all to persist in doing work that we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted, following in Evaristo's footsteps, from first vision, to continued perseverance, to eventual triumph.

Evaristo, Bernardine: - Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo is the celebrated author of seven books, which have been nominated for awards including the 2019 Booker Prize. Her writing is characterized by experimentation, daring, subversion, and challenging the myths of various Afro-diasporic histories and identities, and her books range in genre from poetry to short story to drama to criticism. She lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9780802158901
ISBN 10	0802158900
Title	Manifesto
Author	Bernardine Evaristo
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Black Cat
Year published	2022-01-18
Number of pages	240
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