by Bernardine Evaristo · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241984994
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«Girl, Woman, Other» is the novel by Bernardine Evaristo, published by Penguin Books in paperback (464 pages, in English).
The novel follows twelve characters, mostly Black British women, whose lives intertwine over a century across Britain. Each seeks her place, a shared past, a future, a home, or a love; together they build a polyphonic portrait of identity, race, feminism, and the contemporary woman.
Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Originally published in 2019.
A common choice for book clubs, for those seeking contemporary literary fiction with diverse voices and a feminist perspective.
Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo is an English author and Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University of London. She is Visiting Professor of Creative Media 2025/6 at the University of Oxford. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first black woman to win the Booker. The novel won many other awards including two British Book awards. In 2025, Evaristo was selected from among all previous Women's Prize for Fiction winners and nominees as the recipient of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction. She served for four years as President of the Royal Society of Literature, the second woman and the first Black or Asian person to hold the role since it was founded in 1820. She was elected President Emerita once her tenure was completed in 2025.
