TY  - BOOK
AU  - Statovci,Pajtim
AU  - Hackston,David
TI  - Crossing
SN  - 9781782275107
U1  - 894.54134 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Pushkin Press
KW  - Fathers
KW  - Death
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Gender nonconformity
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Identity (Philosophical concept)
KW  - Albanians
KW  - United States
KW  - Albania
N1  - First published as Tiranan sydan in Finland, 2016
N2  - "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
ER  -