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Crossing
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Artikel-Nr:
9781782275107
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.05.2019
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Pajtim Statovci
Gewicht:
413 g
Format:
223x141x32 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
In the desolation of post-Communist Albania, teenage boys Agim and Bujar flee to Tirana and then on to various great cities across the globe, with Agim's search for gender identity occurring alongside the pair's search to reconcile national identity with a sense of belonging somewhere new. From the author of "My Cat Yugoslavia".
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.