An unruled body : a poet's memoir / Ani Gjika.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gjika, Ani, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gjika, Ani, 1978-.

Gjika, Ani.

Albanians--United States--Biography.

Albanians.

Immigrants--United States--Biography.

Immigrants.

Genre:

autobiographies (literary works)

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

259 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First Restless Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Restless Books, 2023.

Summary:

"Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. When she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing, as hers does, Ani falls in love--at least, she thinks it's love. Set across Albania, Thailand, India, and the U.S., An Unruled Body is a young woman's journey to selfhood through the lenses of language, sexuality, and identity, and how she learns to find freedom of expression on her own terms."--Amazon.com.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1632063409

9781632063403

OCLC:

1376742682