《致你》内容介绍
2019年，伯娜丁·埃瓦里斯托摘得布克奖，成为五十年来首位获该奖的黑人女性。这一年，她60岁。从事创作已四十年。
《致你：一部宣言》对这一历程进行了大胆的私人化讲述。从被邻居、牧师甚至白人家庭成员种族歧视的童年，到把整个房间涂成血红色，将行李塞进垃圾袋，不停在临时住所间流离的青年，从靠打零工维持生计、未发表任何作品的诗人，到创办首个英国黑人女性剧团，成为作家、戏剧制作人、活动家……她一直在反抗主流社会，把写作当成头等大事，最终，她建造了独属于自己的一个房间。通过作为黑白混血、作为底层女性反抗经历的回溯，作者从相当有力的视角探讨了种族、阶层、性别、衰老等问题。书中既有对生活与写作经历的书写，也有对阶级、种族主义和性别歧视的观察。
简言之，这既是一部精彩绝伦的回忆录，也是一部写给女性，特别是边缘群体与少数族裔的史诗，一部写给勇气与决心的颂歌，充满了反抗、狂野、创造力和冒险，既给予我们力量，也给我们当头棒喝。
作者简介
伯娜丁·埃瓦里斯托（Bernardine Evaristo），布克奖、都柏林文学奖、英国女性小说奖得主，伦敦布鲁内尔大学创意写作教授，英国皇家文学学会会长，牛津大学圣安妮学院荣誉院士，美国艺术与科学学院国际荣誉院士。2019年，布克奖开出“双黄蛋”，成为首位摘得该奖的黑人女作家。
关注在种族主义和父权制下挣扎的边缘群体，致力于书写英国非裔族群的移民史和身份认同问题。写有《女孩，女人与其他》等八部小说与一部非虚构《致你：一部宣言》。
"To You" content introduction
In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo won the Man Booker Prize, becoming the first black woman to win the prize in 50 years. This year, she turned 60. He has been creating for 40 years.
To You: A Manifesto is a bold, personal account of that journey. From a childhood of being racially abused by neighbors, priests, and even white family members, to the youth who painted their entire room blood red, stuffed their luggage into garbage bags, and constantly moved from temporary residence to temporary residence, from the poet who made a living by doing odd jobs and never published anything, to the first British black female theatre company, becoming a writer, theater producer, and activist... She has been rebelling against mainstream society, making writing a priority, and finally, she has built a room of her own. The author explores issues of race, class, gender, and aging from a powerful perspective through the experience of resistance as a mulatto and a woman at the bottom. The book is as much about life and the writing experience as it is about class, racism and sexism.
In short, this is both a brilliant memoir and an epic for women, especially marginalized groups and minorities, an ode to courage and determination, full of defiance, wildness, creativity and risk-taking that both empowers and shocks us.
About the author
Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Man Booker Prize, the Dublin Prize for Literature, and the British Women's Prize for Fiction, is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London, President of the Royal Society of Literature, Honorary Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford, and International Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2019, the Man Booker Prize opened a "double yellow egg", becoming the first black female writer to win the prize.
Focusing on marginalized groups struggling with racism and patriarchy, she is committed to writing the immigration history and identity issues of the African community in the UK. She is the author of eight novels, including Girls, Women and Others, and a non-fiction book, To You: A Manifesto.
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