Bernardine Evaristo

Broschiertes Buch

The Emperor's Babe

A Novel

Beschreibung

London, 211 n. Chr. Die junge, selbstbewusste Zuleika - Tochter reicher Einwanderer aus dem Sudan - und bereits als Kind mit einem römischen Kaufmann verheiratet, lernt Kaiser Septimus Severus kennen und lieben. London, 211 A.D. Zuleika - daughter of rich Sudanese immigrants - and married to a Roman merchant, meets and learns to love Emperor Septimus Severus.

Autor

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. In 2025 she was awarded the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009 and an OBE in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Time's Style magazine. Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London with her husband. www.bevaristo.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Import / Penguin UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 215g
• ISBN-13: 9780140297812
• ISBN-10: 0140297812
• Artikelnr.: 10686572