Bernard and the Cloth Monkey
- Author Judith Bryan
- Narrator Sara Powell, Bernardine Evaristo
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 6 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family and health, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
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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 -
[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 -
A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel
Bernardine Evaristo
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