Free (Ypi book) explained
| Free: Coming of Age at the End of History |
| Author: | Lea Ypi |
| Publisher: | Allen Lane |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-241-48185-1 |
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History is a 2021 book by Lea Ypi published by Penguin Books.[1] In the book, Ypi details her experience growing up before and after the fall of communism in Albania.
Reception
Free was shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2021 Costa Book Award for biography.[2] [3] In January 2022, BBC Radio 4 serialised the book in their Book of the Week series.[4]
Free won the Ondaatje Prize[5] and the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize.[6]
10,000 copies of the book were sold in November 2021.[7]
Ed O'Loughlin praised Ypi's use of subtext in the work.[8] Critics of the book have accused it of being communist apologia, an accusation that Ypi has denied.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Free . 3 January 2022 . Penguin Books.
- News: Flood. Alison. 15 October 2021. Baillie Gifford prize reveals 'outstanding storytelling' on 2021 shortlist. The Guardian. 3 January 2022.
- News: Flood. Alison. 23 November 2021. Costa prize 2021 shortlists highlight climate anxiety. The Guardian. 3 January 2022.
- Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi . 31 January 2022 . BBC Radio 4 . Book of the Week . 4 February 2022.
- Web site: 2022-04-20 . RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 Shortlist Announced . 2022-04-20 . Royal Society of Literature . en-GB . 2022-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420080755/https://rsliterature.org/2022/04/rsl-ondaatje-prize-2022-shortlist-announced/ . dead .
- Web site: Best First Biography Prize Archives . 2022-04-20 . Slightly Foxed . en-GB.
- News: Weaver. Matthew. 3 January 2022. Author says memoir of communist Albania met with 'vicious' abuse. The Guardian. 3 January 2022.
- News: O’Loughlin. Ed. Ed O'Loughlin. 18 December 2021. Free by Lea Ypi: Funny, precise, accessible, serious memoir of a Stalinist childhood. The Irish Times. 3 January 2022.
