Brit Bennett
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About the Author
Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her work is featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel. She has won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 näytä lisää Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Brit is one of the National Book Foundation's 2016 5 Under 35 honorees. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Tekijän teokset
Some People Have Real Problems — Tekijä — 1 kappale
Associated Works
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Avustaja — 165 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1990
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Southern California, USA
- Koulutus
- Stanford University
University of Michigan (MFA) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- National Book Foundation, 5 Under 35 Honoree (2016)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Excellent audiobook, read by Shayna Small. Excellent everything!
A wonderfully written book that tackles many hot topics that we face today despite the characters experiencing decades before. To avoid spoilers or misleading statements, I will just say that I truly enjoyed The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. The characters were well developed, their stories detailed and complete. Such as an easy read that kept me wondering what would happen next. I couldn't put it down.
The Vanishing Half is an entertaining novel about light skinned twin sisters Desiree and Stella who “passes” as white. The side story about how different shades of black are treated within the black and white community fascinates too. The love story between Desiree daughter Jude and a transsexual man is beautifully developed. Unfortunately, these stories do not coalesce to a satisfying conclusion. The reader does keep engaged but the last 1/3 of the book has plot holes and lacks believability. Of course with racial inequality and systemic racism on everyone’s mind, this novel has enough of different perspective to make it worthwhile.… (lisätietoja)
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Books with Twins (1)
Black Authors (1)
To Read (1)
Recommendations (1)
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Tilastot
- Teokset
- 6
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- Jäseniä
- 7,079
- Suosituimmuussija
- #3,468
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.0
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 320
- ISBN:t
- 78
- Kielet
- 14
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 2
- Keskustelun kohteita
- 83
The twins are light. One chooses to marry a dark-skinned man; the other decides to pass for white, and marries a white man. The first has a very dark-skinned child who is not accepted in their old town; the other has a blonde girl who never questions her origin. One moves far away and stays away; the other returns to the childhood home.
The sisters’ choices separate them, fill both with fear of rejection and/or detection.
The story continues on through the sisters’ lives, their growth and restrictions. I have no experience of being non-white, and I’m not a twin, but the author makes it easy to identify with the characters and understand their motivations.
Throughout the story we are treated to different views of the nature of love- when is it love to keep secrets? When is it love to reveal them? Who is harmed in each case? Is that how we should decide about truth?
The ending of the book goes on a bit long, in my view- we didn’t really need to have everyone’s story tied up, and the issues are mostly resolved well before the end. That said, it was an excellent read and a window into lives that I haven’t experienced, and that makes for my favourite kind of book.… (lisätietoja)