"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.
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