The Argentine literary sensation that has taken the
Spanish-speaking world by storm: a dark, surreal and beautiful
novel about violence, exclusion and love 'A fragment of the future'
Edouard Louis 'Ferocious and magical' Torrey Peters, Guardian 'It
will break your heart' Mariana Enriquez 'Naked, glorious
storytelling' Claire Oshetsky Auntie Encarna's is the queerest
boarding house in the world. For Camila, it is a refuge, and the
travesti who gather there are like family. At night they head out
to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold,
sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to
slow down. Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying
in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an
abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him
home to care for him. Life for Camila and the others will never be
the same again. With a cast of larger-than-life, unforgettable
characters, The Queens of Sarmiento Park combines brutal,
unflinching realism with flourishes of surrealism to tell a story
about the clash of hope with prejudice and fear. Wildly
imaginative, darkly funny and devastatingly sad, it is a queer
fairy tale about sex work, gender identity and chosen family; an
anguished howl of pain and rage; and an unruly hymn to love and
care on the outskirts of society. 'A beautiful novel, moving,
disturbing, raw and honest' Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane
Season 'Fun, tragic, political and full of marvel ... It will break
your heart and at the same time make you want to laugh and dance'
Mariana Enriquez
General
Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Camila Sosa Villada
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Translators: |
Kit Maude
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Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-01647-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
0-349-01647-X |
Barcode: |
9780349016474 |
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