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Bernard and the Cloth Monkey
Black Britain: Writing Back (Related to this series)
- Author
- Judith Bryan
- Narrator
- Sara Powell, Bernardine Evaristo
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 4 February 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
WINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for trailblazing new Black British novelists
A shattering portrayal of family, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family's deepest secrets explosively unravel
When Anita finally returns home to London after a long absence, everything has changed.
Her father is dead, her mother is away, and she and her sister Beth are alone together for the first time in years.
They share a house. They share a family. They share a past.
Tentatively, they reach out to one another for connection, but the house echoes with words unspoken.
Dazzling and heart-breaking, Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is a searing portrait of family, a rebellion against silence and a testament to the human capacity for survival.
'A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel' Bernardine Evaristo
© Judith Bryan 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is the story of navigating adulthood with the weight of a marred and difficult childhood still straining familiar relationships . . . An important contribution to the literary landscape
Bad Form
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[Bernard and the Cloth Monkey] crosses boundaries in what it's prepared to talk about, and it does that without melodrama or sensationalism . . . It's absolutely beautifully written. I was so drawn to the prose, to the rhythms of the prose
Five Books
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A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel
Bernardine Evaristo
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Details
- Author
- Judith Bryan
- Narrator
- Sara Powell, Bernardine Evaristo
- Duration
- 6 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241992807
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for trailblazing new Black British novelistsA shattering portrayal of family, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family's deepest secrets explosively unravelWhen Anita finally returns home to London after a long absence, everything has changed.Her father is dead, her mother is away, and she and her sister Beth are alone together for the first time in years.They share a house. They share a family. They share a past.Tentatively, they reach out to one another for connection, but the house echoes with words unspoken.Dazzling and heart-breaking, Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is a searing portrait of family, a rebellion against silence and a testament to the human capacity for survival.'A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel' Bernardine Evaristo© Judith Bryan 1998 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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