{"product_id":"the-emperors-babe-bernardine-evaristo","title":"The Emperor's Babe (Bernardine Evaristo)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGIRL, WOMAN, OTHER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wildly entertaining, deeply affecting'  Ali Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She's a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair and bare feet - and she's just been married off a fat old Roman. Life as a teenage bride is no joke but Zeeks is a born survivor. She knows this city like the back of her hand: its slave girls and drag queens, its shining villas and rotting slums. She knows how to get by. Until one day she catches the eye of the most powerful man on earth, the Roman Emperor, and her trouble really starts...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilver-tongued and merry-eyed, this is a story in song and verse, a joyful mash-up of today and yesterday. Kaleidoscoping distant past and vivid present, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Babe \u003c\/i\u003easks what it means to be a woman and to survive in this thrilling, brutal, breathless world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMBE\u003c\/b\u003e, is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the African diaspora. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer novel \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other \u003c\/i\u003emade 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Time's Style\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London with her husband.\u003cbr\u003ewww.bevaristo.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63444320747869,"sku":"K087125583","price":9.4,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/227906-8712558300001A.jpg?v=1771175521","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-emperors-babe-bernardine-evaristo","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}