Crossing, Pajtim Statovci ; translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
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Crossing, Pajtim Statovci ; translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Crossing
Responsibility statement
Pajtim Statovci ; translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
Summary
From the acclaimed author of My Cat Yugoslavia: a stunning, incandescent new novel that speaks to identity, war, exile, love, betrayal, and heartbreak The death of head of state Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father leave Bujar growing up in the ruins of Communist Albania and of his own family. Only his fearless best friend, Agimwho is facing his own realizations about his gender and sexualitygives him hope for the future. Together the two decide to leave everything behind and try their luck in Italy. But the struggle to feel at homein a foreign country and even in one's own bodywill have corrosive effects, spurring a dangerous search for new identities. Steeped in a rich heritage of bewitching Albanian myth and legend, this is a deeply timely and deeply necessary novel about the broken reality for millions worldwide, about identity in all its complex permutations, and the human need to be seen