Crossing / Pajtim Statovci ; translated from the Finnish by David Hackston.
Momo rauemi: TextReo: English Original language: Finnish Kaiwhakaputa: London : Pushkin Press, 2019Whakaahuatanga: 257 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781782275107
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Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Eltham LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | STAT (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2190654 |
Tirotiro ana Eltham LibraryPlus Ngā whatanga, Shelving location: Fiction, Collection: Fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
STAI One good reason / | STAI The Bad Mothers' Book Club / | STAI Running out of road / | STAT Crossing / | STAY The crow folk / | STEA Death on the coast / | STEE The mistress / |
First published as Tiranan sydan in Finland, 2016.
"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."--Publisher description.
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