4.6
Elämäkerrat
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
‘Lushly written and heart-stoppingly gripping’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO
‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER
‘A story about hope, imagination and resilience’GUARDIAN
An extraordinary and inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience, from award-winning poet Safiya Sinclair.
There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved.
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the corrupting influence of the immoral Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything: nowhere but home and school, no friends but this family and no future but this path.
Her mother did what she could to bring joy to her children with books and poetry. But as Safiya’s imagination reached beyond its restrictive borders, her burgeoning independence brought with it ever greater clashes with her father. Soon she realised that if she was to live at all, she had to find some way to leave home. But how?
In seeking to understand the past of her family, Safiya Sinclair takes readers inside a world that is little understood by those outside it and offers an astonishing personal reckoning. How to Say Babylon is an unforgettable story of a young woman’s determination to live life on her own terms.
‘I adored this book … Unforgettable’ Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees
‘Electrifying’Observer
‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
‘An essential memoir’ Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing
‘Full of courage and poetry … Has the power of truth telling’ Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
‘Atmospheric and completely absorbing, this is a fascinating story lushly told’ Diana Evans, author of A House for Alice
‘Breathless, scorching … the book’s a banquet’New York Times
© 2023 Fourth Estate (Äänikirja): 9780008491314
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 3. lokakuuta 2023
4.6
Elämäkerrat
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
‘Lushly written and heart-stoppingly gripping’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO
‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER
‘A story about hope, imagination and resilience’GUARDIAN
An extraordinary and inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience, from award-winning poet Safiya Sinclair.
There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved.
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the corrupting influence of the immoral Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything: nowhere but home and school, no friends but this family and no future but this path.
Her mother did what she could to bring joy to her children with books and poetry. But as Safiya’s imagination reached beyond its restrictive borders, her burgeoning independence brought with it ever greater clashes with her father. Soon she realised that if she was to live at all, she had to find some way to leave home. But how?
In seeking to understand the past of her family, Safiya Sinclair takes readers inside a world that is little understood by those outside it and offers an astonishing personal reckoning. How to Say Babylon is an unforgettable story of a young woman’s determination to live life on her own terms.
‘I adored this book … Unforgettable’ Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees
‘Electrifying’Observer
‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
‘An essential memoir’ Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing
‘Full of courage and poetry … Has the power of truth telling’ Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
‘Atmospheric and completely absorbing, this is a fascinating story lushly told’ Diana Evans, author of A House for Alice
‘Breathless, scorching … the book’s a banquet’New York Times
© 2023 Fourth Estate (Äänikirja): 9780008491314
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 3. lokakuuta 2023
Astu tarinoiden maailmaan
Arviot perustuu 11 arvioon
Ajatuksia herättävä
Inspiroiva
Koukuttava
Lataa sovellus niin voit osallistua keskusteluun ja kirjoittaa oman arviosi.
Arviot 1/11
Lucy
13. lokak. 2023
Luen harmittavan vähän poc kirjailijoiden tuotoksia. Jopa hieman vastahakoisesti tartuin kirjaan, ja taas kerran kannatti mennä -jos ei nyt mukavuusalueen ulkopuolelle, niin reunamille.Kirjailija on runoilija ja se näkyy aivan upeana kuulaan kirkkaana kielenä. Se kietoo pauloihin heti. Kirja on nuoren ihmisen muistelmateos, ja jos nuori kirjoittaa muistelmat, hän on silloin varmaan kokenut jo monenlaista.Kirja käsittelee kirjailijan lapsuus- ja nuoruusvuodet fundamentalisti Rastafari isän ja lempeän äidin kasvattina. Opin paljon. Babylon viittaa kaikkeen epäpuhtaaseen länsimaiseen hapatukseen.Kirjan esittelyssä sanotaan, että kirjassa on kaikuja kirjoista Opintiellä ja Laiton lapsi kirjoista. No joo, aihepiiri liippaa läheltä mutta kyllä tää oli parempi kuin nuo yhteensä.Kirjailija lukee kirjan itse vallan hienosti.
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