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Las biuty queens / Iván Monalisa Ojeda ; introduction by Petro Almodóvar ; translated from the Spanish by Hannah Kauders.
Van Pelt Library PQ8098.423.O5 A2 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ojeda, Iván Monalisa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Trans people--Fiction.
- Trans people.
- Transsexuals.
- Latin Americans.
- Transgender people.
- United States.
- Latin Americans--United States--Fiction.
- Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Transgender fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 163 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Biuty queens : stories
- Las biuty queens : stories
- Beauty queens
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Astra House, 2021.
- Summary:
- Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City. Whether she is struggling with addiction, clashing with law enforcement, or is being subjected to personal violence, each character choses her own path of defiance, often responding to her fate with irreverent dark humor. What emerges is the portrait of a group of friends who express unquestioning solidarity and love for each other, and of an unfamiliar, glittering and violent, New York City that will draw readers in and swallow them whole. On every page, Iván Monalisa's unique narrative talent is on display as he/she artfully transforms the language of the streets, making it his/her own -- rich with rhythm and debauchery. This bold new collection positions Ojeda as a fresh and necessary voice within the canon of world literature.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Overdose
- In the Bote
- Ortiz Funeral Home
- Jennifer's Carnations
- Adriana la Chimba, or The Gorgeous Adriana de Pereira I
- Emergency Room
- Biuty Queen
- Little Miss Lightning Bolt
- The Boricua's Blunts
- Lorena the Chilena
- A Coffee Cup Reading
- Mother Hen and Her Chicks.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in the Spanish language as Las Biuty Queens ©2019 Alfaguara." -- Verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1662600305
- 9781662600302
- OCLC:
- 1164348562
- Publisher Number:
- 99988677609
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