How To Say Babylon (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
352
Utgivningsdatum
2024-05-23
Förlag
Fourth Estate Ltd
Dimensioner
25 x 198 x 131 mm
Vikt
256 g
ISBN
9780008491321

How To Say Babylon

A Jamaican Memoir

Häftad,  Engelska, 2024-05-23
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning book BERNARDINE EVARISTO Dazzling TARA WESTOVER A story about hope, imagination and resilience GUARDIAN An award-winning, inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the corrupting influence of the immoral Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything. Her mother did what she could to bring joy to her children with books and poetry. But as Safiyas imagination reached beyond its restrictive borders, her burgeoning independence brought with it ever greater clashes with her father. Soon she realised that if she was to live at all, she had to find some way to leave home. But how? How to Say Babylon is an unforgettable story of a young womans determination to live life on her own terms. A Guardian and Observer summer read. I adored this book Unforgettable ELIF SHAFAK Electrifying OBSERVER To read it is to believe that words can save MARLON JAMES Breathless, scorching NEW YORK TIMES
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An electrifying memoir OBSERVER A story about hope, imagination and resilience GUARDIAN 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON Heart-stoppingly gripping BERNARDINE EVARISTO Dazzling TARA WESTOVER Glimmering laced with poetic voice TIME Clear-eyed and courageous GUARDIAN A breathless, scorching memoir NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Electrifying SPECTATOR Lushly observed WASHINGTON POST Stirring' ELLE To read it is to believe that words can save MARLON JAMES Unforgettable, mesmerising, heartbreaking and heartwarming' ELIF SHAFAK Powerful moving EVENING STANDARD Sinclair's lush, lyrical language makes everything feel alive RAVEN LEILANI A memoir of liberation IRISH TIMES Stunningly written iNEWS An instant contemporary Caribbean classic MONIQUE ROFFEY Atmospheric and completely absorbing DIANA EVANS Essential JESMYN WARD Gut-wrenching, soul-stirring, electrifying NICOLE DENNIS-BENN Immersive, imagistic, honest RAYMOND ANTROBUS Destined to become a feminist classic LISA ALLEN-AGOSTINI Heart-warming, tender and fierce LILY DUNN

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Safiya Sinclair was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is the author of Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Metcalf Award in Literature, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Cannibal was selected as one of the American Library Associations Notable Books of the Year, was a finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Seamus Heaney First Book Award in the UK, and was longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Nation, Poetry and elsewhere. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Arizona State University.