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Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

de Bernardine Evaristo

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"Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was an historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year history. Girl, Woman, Other was named a favorite book of the year by President Obama and Roxane Gay, was translated into thirty-five languages, and has now reached more than a million readers. Evaristo's astonishing nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is a vibrant and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream and fought over several decades to bring her creative work into the world. With her characteristic humor, Evaristo describes her childhood as one of eight siblings, with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother, tells the story of how she helped set up Britain's first Black women's theatre company, remembers the queer relationships of her twenties, and recounts her determination to write books that were absent in the literary world around her. She provides a hugely powerful perspective to contemporary conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging. She reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. In Manifesto, Evaristo charts her theory of unstoppability, showing creative people how they too can visualize and find success in their work, ignoring the naysayers. Both unconventional memoir and inspirational text, Manifesto is a unique reminder to us all to persist in doing work we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted. Evaristo shows us how we too can follow in her footsteps, from first vision, to insistent perseverance, to eventual triumph"--… (mais)
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Booker-prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo reflects on her life and the impact it's had on her work as a playwright, poet, author, and activist.

Divided into thematic sections - beginning with family heritage and childhood, then moving on to all the places she lived, relationships, and more - this is not a straightforward narrative but gives a holistic view of this woman as she sees herself. Evaristo grew up in the UK, the daughter of a white mother and a Black immigrant father, and was one of the middle of eight children. Her story feels confessional as she talks directly to the reader, often with asides, and tells you all about her life and dreams and passions. By the time you get to the chapter specifically on her writing, you get a sense of a lot of what went into it from her family, relationships, and life experiences, and she very generously talks about her process of writing each book and her thoughts on each one, whether it's something that worked well or maybe that wasn't as great. I came away with a lot of admiration for her and the desire to read more of her fiction. ( )
  bell7 | Apr 23, 2023 |
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/manifesto-on-never-giving-up-by-bernardine-evari...

This is a tremendously entertaining and thought-provoking short book, the autobiography of the author of Girl, Woman, Other and of The Emperor’s Babe, taking her from childhood in Woolwich to fame and success as a Booker Prize winning author. As with all good autobiographies, there is a fair bit of self-reflection; I found her accounts of her love life (mainly lesbian in her 20s, mainly straight before and since) interesting (other people’s lovel lives are almost always interesting) and I also appreciated her frankness about the shortcomings of some of her earlier books, though I may try and get one or two of them anyway – in particular Blonde Roots, an alternate history which was on the 2008 Artchur C. Clarke Award shortlist. She is also very clear about the impact of racism and sexism on her career, which originally was intended to be on the stage (and she has done a good deal of stage work). Punches well above its weight, as does the writer. ( )
1 vote nwhyte | Oct 23, 2022 |
An interesting story of Bernardine Evaristo's life to date, from her upbringing in London with racism and religion to discovering theatre and then writing. She writes intimately about her relationships and gives the details of her different homes. Her commitment to her creativity, femninism and to community arts shines through the pages of this vital and optimistic book. This is her manifesto. ( )
  CarolKub | Oct 1, 2022 |
Bernardine Evaristo ist Kind einer englischen Mutter und eines nigerianischen Vaters und hat sieben Geschwister. Sie ist schwarz, was in den sechziger Jahren nicht einfach ist. Ihre Kindheit ist daher nicht leicht, weil sie offen Rassismus ausgesetzt ist. Dass sie sich später auch noch zu Frauen hingezogen fühlt, macht ihr Leben nicht leichter.
Die Autorin gewährt uns sehr persönliche und reflektierte Einblicke in ihr Leben. Sie erzählt in einem gefassten Stil, wie sie angefeindet und diskriminiert wird. Doch sie lässt sich nicht unterkriegen und findet trotz Widerständen ihren Weg durchs Leben. Dass sie dabei noch erfolgreich wird, war wohl nicht vorauszusehen. Dass sie dann auch noch eine Auszeichnung erhält, war schon etwas Besonderes. Doch Bernardine Evaristo hat den Kampfgeist, den es braucht, um so weit zu kommen.
Ihre Geschichte macht oft wütend und rührt einen an. Ein interessantes Buch, dass ich nur empfehlen kann. ( )
  buecherwurm1310 | Jan 29, 2022 |
Mit dem Booker Prize für ihren Roman „Girl, Woman, Other“ hat sie sich auf die ganz große Bühne der Autorinnen und Autoren geschrieben. Dies war keineswegs abzusehen, denn es sind gleich zwei Dinge, die eigentlich dagegen sprachen, dass sie im Literaturbetrieb Erfolg haben würde: Bernardine Evaristo ist eine Frau – noch dazu bekennend homosexuell – und zudem Schwarze. Ihr Weg war steinig und lang und in „Manifesto“ zeichnet sie nach, wie sie immer wieder vor neuen Hürden stand, sei es Rasse, sei es Klasse, sei es Geschlecht, sei es sexuelle Orientierung oder irgendwann auch das Alter.

Im Gegensatz zu etwa Michaela Coels „Misfits“, einer lauten Abrechnung mit den Ungerechtigkeiten der britischen Gesellschaft, ist Evaristos „Manifesto“ eine durchaus auch emotionale, im Wesentlichen jedoch sachliche Analyse dessen, was sie in ihrem Leben erlebt hat. Man merkt, dass man es mit einer Professorin und reflektierten Person zu tun hat, die – trotz des Unmuts – einordnet und nachvollziehbar macht, was ihr widerfahren ist. Sicherlich ein singulärer und extrem erfolgreicher Lebensweg, der jedoch an unzähligen Stellen auch eine andere Richtung hätte nehmen können.

In sieben Kapiteln zeichnet die Autorin nach, wie aus dem Mädchen aus einer kinderreichen Familie einer weißen Mittelschichten-Mutter und eines nigerianischen Einwanderers eine der wichtigsten Stimmen Englands wurde. Aufgrund ihrer Herkunft passt sie in kein Schema, ihre gute Schulbildung widerspricht dem, was die Menschen von einer jungen Frau mit dunkler Haut erwarten, weshalb es von ihr deutlich mehr Anstrengung und Durchhaltevermögen erfordert, als von anderen, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Von Familie über Wohnen und Partnerschaften öffnet sie den Blick für die vielen verschiedenen Formen von Diskriminierung und feinen Abstufungen in der britischen Gesellschaft.

Beruflich fand sie – interessanterweise ähnlich wie die bereits erwähnte und von ihr ebenfalls angeführte Michaela Coel – ihren Ausgangspunkt im Jugendtheater, wo sie erkennen musste, dass es für sie schlichtweg gar keine Rollen gab. Es war die Lyrik, in der sie schriftstellerisch zunächst ihre Ausdrucksform sah, erst später hat sie sich auch an Prosa getraut. Die letzten beiden Kapitel thematisieren die Schwierigkeit, dass natürlich ihre Erfahrungen einen Einfluss auf das haben, was sie schreibt, sie jedoch nicht auf ein Thema reduziert werden kann und vor allem auch nicht als Sprecherin für diverse Gruppen festgeschrieben sein möchte.

Für mich war „Girl, Woman, Other“ noch vor dem ganz großen Erfolg eines der literarischen Highlights 2019, weil es auf erzählerische Weise in vielerlei Hinsicht erhellend war und die intersektionale Diskriminierung literarisch herausarbeitet wie kaum ein anderer Roman zuvor. Ähnlich bereichernd jetzt auch ihr „Manifesto“, das ich uneingeschränkt jedem empfehlen kann, der sich für die Thematik interessiert. ( )
  miss.mesmerized | Jan 29, 2022 |
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If the politics in Manifesto sometimes feel confusing, many readers will be grateful for a guided tour into the mind of a literary pioneer.
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"Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker Prize win was an historic and revolutionary occasion, with Evaristo being the first Black woman and first Black British person ever to win the prize in its fifty-year history. Girl, Woman, Other was named a favorite book of the year by President Obama and Roxane Gay, was translated into thirty-five languages, and has now reached more than a million readers. Evaristo's astonishing nonfiction debut, Manifesto, is a vibrant and inspirational account of Evaristo's life and career as she rebelled against the mainstream and fought over several decades to bring her creative work into the world. With her characteristic humor, Evaristo describes her childhood as one of eight siblings, with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother, tells the story of how she helped set up Britain's first Black women's theatre company, remembers the queer relationships of her twenties, and recounts her determination to write books that were absent in the literary world around her. She provides a hugely powerful perspective to contemporary conversations around race, class, feminism, sexuality, and aging. She reminds us of how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. In Manifesto, Evaristo charts her theory of unstoppability, showing creative people how they too can visualize and find success in their work, ignoring the naysayers. Both unconventional memoir and inspirational text, Manifesto is a unique reminder to us all to persist in doing work we believe in, even when we might feel overlooked or discounted. Evaristo shows us how we too can follow in her footsteps, from first vision, to insistent perseverance, to eventual triumph"--

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