Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other
First edition cover
AuthorBernardine Evaristo
Audio read byAnna-Maria Nabirye[1]
Cover artistNeil Kenlock (photos)[2]
Ali Campbell (design)[2]
LanguageEnglish
GenrePostmodern literature, LGBTQ+ fiction, postcolonial literature
Set inUnited Kingdom
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
2 May 2019
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hard and paperback) and e-book
Pages464
Awards2019 Booker Prize
ISBN978-0-241-36490-1
OCLC1114328373
823/.92
LC ClassPR6055.V25 G57 2019

Girl, Woman, Other is the eighth novel by Bernardine Evaristo. Published in 2019 by Hamish Hamilton, it follows the lives of 12 characters in the United Kingdom over the course of several decades. The book was the co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments.

Girl, Woman, Other has received more than 30 Book of the Year and Decade honours, alongside recognition as one of Barack Obama's top 19 books for 2019 and Roxane Gay's favourite book of 2019.[3] Its prizes include Fiction Book of the Year at the 2020 British Book Awards, where Evaristo also won Author of the Year. Additionally, the novel won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage. It was finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Australia Book Industry Awards, and the Women's Prize for Fiction.

  1. ^ Girl, Woman, Other. Penguin Books UK. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Girl, Woman, Other". Bernardine Evaristo website. Retrieved 4 May 2020.