Crossing - Couverture rigide

Statovci, Pajtim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178227510X ISBN 13 : 9781782275107

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2019

Synopsis

"Crossing will devour you; this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking s**t" NoViolet Bulawayo

"A novel that dazzles and mesmerizes, and the reader, upon finishing, may have the extraordinary sensation that his or her own dreams have been scattered along the journey, beckoning for rereading" Yiyun Li

Bujar's world is collapsing. His father is dying and his homeland, Albania, bristles with hunger and unrest. When his fearless friend Agim is discovered wearing his mother's red dress and beaten with his father's belt, he persuades Bujar that there is no place for them in their country. Desperate for a chance to shape their own lives, they flee.

This is the beginning of a journey across cities, borders and identities, from the bazaars of Tirana to the monuments of Rome and the drag bars of New York. It is also a search through shifting gender and social personae, for acceptance and love.

But faced with marginalization at home and only precarious means of escape and survival, what chance do the young pair have of forging a new life? Pursued by memories of home and echoes of folk tales, they risk losing themselves in the struggle to leave their pasts behind.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID HACKSTON is a British translator of Finnish ans Swedish literature and drama. He graduated from University College London with a degree in Scandinavian Studies and now lives in Helsinki where he works as a freelance translator. Notable publications include the Anna Fekete trilogy by Kati Hiekkapelto and My Cat Yugoslavia and Crossing by Pajtim Statovci, both published by Pushkin Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178227510X
• ISBN 13: 9781782275107
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible