The Fat Lady Sings: A collection of rediscovered works celebrating Black Britain curated by Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0241482690 ISBN 13: 9780241482698

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2025

Riassunto

Un romanzo rivoluzionario che esplora l'intersezione tra razza, classe e salute mentale nel Regno Unito 'Un'opera di narrativa forte e umana' Jackie Kay 'Questa è la gloria di essere un paziente psichiatrico. Niente è impossibile'. Siamo negli anni '90 e Gloria vive in un reparto psichiatrico di Londra. È sfacciatamente rumorosa, audace ed eternamente sul punto di scoppiare a cantare. Dopo diversi mesi di routine ininterrotta, viene raggiunta da un'altra giovane donna di colore, Merle, che è piena di silenzi e paura. Incapaci di confidarsi con i loro dottori, accettano di tenere un diario del loro passato. Sussurrate nei registratori e scarabocchiate ferocemente di notte, le storie straordinarie delle loro vite vengono rivelate. In questa tenera e commovente rappresentazione della salute mentale, Roy crea un sorprendente ritratto di due donne che trovano forza nella loro vulnerabilità condivisa, mentre navigano in un sistema che non riesce a proteggerle. Affermando la vita e intrepidamente speranzose, questa è una storia indimenticabile. 'Questo è un romanzo audace, piacevole, sorprendente e originale' Bernardine Evaristo 'Un commento sorprendente' Scotsman 'Un pezzo di narrativa forte, umoristico e commovente. Tale è la vita iniettata nei personaggi che alla fine del romanzo rimane quella riluttanza a separarsi dalle persone che hai imparato ad amare' Calabash 'Una gioia' Pride 'Raccontato senza esitazione. Straziante ma anche scioccantemente divertente' Big Issue.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jacqueline Roy (Author)
Jacqueline Roy is a dual-heritage author, born in London to a black Jamaican father and white British mother. After a love of art and stories was passed down to her by her family, she became increasingly aware of the absence of black figures in the books she devoured, and this fuelled her desire to write. In her teenage years she spent time in a psychiatric hospital, where she wrote as much as possible to retain a sense of identity; her novel The Fat Lady Sings is inspired by this experience of institutionalisation and the treatment of black people with regards to mental illness. She rediscovered a love of learning in her thirties after undertaking a Bachelors in English, and a Masters in Postcolonial Literatures. She then became a lecturer in English, specialising in Black Literature and Culture and Creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she worked full time for many years, and was a tutor on The Manchester Writing School's M.A. programme. She has written six books for children, and edited her late father's novel No Black Sparrows, published posthumously. A second novel for adults will be published in 2022. She now lives in Manchester.

Bernardine Evaristo (Introducer)
Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the UK paperback fiction chart in 2020.

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It is the 1990s, and Gloria is living in a London psychiatric ward. She is unapologetically loud, audacious and eternally on the brink of bursting into song. After several months of uninterrupted routine, she is joined by another young black woman - Merle - who is full of silences and fear. Unable to confide in their doctors, they agree to journal their pasts. Whispered into tape recorders and scrawled ferociously at night, the remarkable stories of their lives are revealed. In this tender, deeply-moving depiction of mental health, Roy creates a striking portrait of two women finding strength in their shared vulnerability, as they navigate a system that fails to protect them. Life-affirming and fearlessly hopeful, this is an unforgettable story.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241482690
• ISBN 13: 9780241482698
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304
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