Girl, Woman, Other

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Per quanto possa aver apprezzato l’intreccio di storie presente nel libro, l’assenza (o quasi) di punteggiatura ha reso la mia lettura davvero pesante.La punteggiatura non è un optional.

Um romance contemporâneo que explora temas como movimentos diaspóricos e questões de gênero e identidade ... Evaristo faz com que o seu leitor não pare de ler seu sexto livro desde que a primeira página é iniciada... envolvente, emocionante, uma montanha russa de emoções que nos faz refletir sobre o mundo atual em que vivemos... um mundo global, sem fronteiras...

An entertaining and interesting book. I enjoyed every page. The book won the "Booker Prize" for 2019. The first black author to win the Booker Prize I believe. The stories of the women in the book are terrific, funny, sad and interesting all at the same time.

This is not a book that I would choose to read for myself but a friend who shares my literary tastes suggested it and I am so glad she did. This book was like nothing I have read before...and it didn't take long to embrace the style. I am a stickler for grammar, literate writing with strong descriptive power. While some reviewers would disagree, this book hits every mark. This book is "alternative" in so many ways: alternative format, alternative lifestyles, alternative cultures, personalities, gender and sexual identities and labels. But if I learned one thing from the book (and I learned a million), it was not to use judgmental language or labels...so toss the "alternative."The author's descriptive power kept me in the book; while there was not one character with whom I could relate, she kept me fascinated by the word rich passages; one phrase could elicit so many thoughts, ideas, questions...and she offered an education for my generation which is confused about the myriad terms that describe gender and sexual identity. I only wish there had been notes to remind me of how the different characters intersect. Yes, this book is not about me or anyone like me, or about any of my friends...but it has shown me a small slice of a world that is real, it has deepened my compassion and my gratitude, and it has encouraged me to stay engaged with a modern world which can be brutal, unjust, judgmental, racist and sexist. For those of us who do not need to war against this world every day, it is healthy and useful to look at the truth of those who do. But at the end what I remember is the incredible descriptions, apt, funny, resonating, incisive - little stories in and of themselves!