Bina

Bina is a novel by Anakana Schofield that was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. It is a captivating look at female friendship, filled with humor and sadness, love and rage, and the consolations, obligations, and mysteries of lifelong friendship. The character of Bina is writing out her story on the backs of discarded envelopes, and the novel is a tour de force in her voice. It is a work of great power, skill, and transformative empathy from a unique and astonishing writer.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020, EIMEAR MCBRIDE's Bina is a novel of the rarest and darkest kind. It is a work whose pleasures must be taken measure for measure with its pains. RACHEL CUSK describes it as a captivating look at female friendship, and MAIL ON SUNDAY says it is a novel in warnings. Through the character of Bina, who is writing out her story on the backs of discarded envelopes, Anakana Schofield filters a complex moral universe filled with humor and sadness, love and rage, and the consolations, obligations, and mysteries of lifelong friendship. A work of great power, skill, and transformative empathy from a unique and astonishing writer.

Weight: 262g
Dimension: 128 x 199 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349726441