Crossing (Hardcover)

"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.

General

Imprint:	Pushkin Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Pajtim Statovci
Translators:	David Hackston
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-78227-510-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Finnish
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-78227-510-X
Barcode:	9781782275107

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