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"Lara" is a powerful semi-autobiographical novel-in-verse based on
Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo's own childhood and family
history. The eponymous Lara is a mixed-race girl raised in
Woolwich, a white suburb of London, during the 60s and 70s. Her
father, Taiwo, is Nigerian, and her mother, Ellen, is white
British. They marry in the 1950s, in spite of fierce opposition
from Ellen's family, and quickly produce eight children in ten
years. Lara is their fourth child and we follow her journey from
restricted childhood to conflicted early adulthood, and then from
London to Nigeria to Brazil as she seeks to understand herself and
her ancestry. The novel travels back over 150 years, seven
generations and three continents of Lara's ancestry. It is the
story of Irish Catholics leaving generations of rural hardship
behind and ascending to a rigid middle class in England; of German
immigrants escaping poverty and seeking to build a new life in 19th
century London; and of proud Yorubas enslaved in Brazil, free in
colonial Nigeria and hopeful in post-war London. "Lara" explores
the lives of those who leave one country in search of a better life
elsewhere, but who end up struggling to be accepted even as they
lay the foundations for their children and future generations. This
is a new edition of Bernardine Evaristo's first novel "Lara",
rewritten and expanded by a third since its first publication in
1997.
General
Imprint: |
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Bernardine Evaristo
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
192 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-85224-831-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-85224-831-9 |
Barcode: |
9781852248314 |
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