ISBN: 9780593177051
Editorial: Make
Año de edición: 2021
N° Paginas: 224
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey tofacethe ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty,thisis a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flowerits sweetness garlands made for pretty girlsi imagine her yasmeen bright & alive& i ache to have been born her insteadNima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed. Críticas “Movingly unravels themes of belonging, Islamophobia, and the interlocking oppressions thrust upon immigrant women.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“[A] surreal crash-course in perspective, agency, and self-love.” —Booklist, starred review“Artfully profound and achingly beautiful, Elhillo’s verse aptly explores diasporic yearning for one’s home and a universal fascination with possibilities.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review"Elhillo's tender and descriptive writing may leave readers feeling the need to live life to the fullest…[a] passionate, piercing YA collection of poems." —Shelf Awareness, starred review “A love letter to anyone who has ever been an outsider, or searched to understand their history, no matter where they come from.” —NPR"Richly imagined [...] An immersive experience of the intersectionality of gender, class, race, religion, and identity." —The Horn Book Biografía del autor Safia Elhillo is the author of the poetry collection The January Children, which received the the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and a 2018 Arab American Book Award.Sudanese by way of Washington, DC, she holds an MFA from The New School, a Cave Canem Fellowship, and a 2018 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Safia is a Pushcart Prize nominee, co-winner of the 2015 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and listed in Forbes Africa's 2018 "30 Under 30." She is a 2019-2021 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Extracto. © Reimpreso con autorización. Reservados todos los derechos. The Airport once when i was small we packed a shared suitcaseof bright cotton floral prints & something yellow & silken i’d never seen my mother wear & for the trip across the country she wore perfume & her best red beaded scarf & we clattered into the terminal my mother collecting all the light a wedding on another coast its promises of sunlight & gold & her scattered schoolmates & cousins & faraway friends all crowded into a rented hall making it with color & incense & song our country & it all shone in my mother’s face we approached the counter to check in the family ahead of ours handed their boarding passes with a grin before the agent turned to us & his smile clicked shut said check-in is closed & no there is nothing he can do & no there is no manager to call & please can we leave this counter is now closed my mother’s faltering voice the soft music in her english her welling eyes her wilting face her beaded scarf & all she said was please please i have a ticke
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Elhillo, Safia
- Editorial: Make
- N° Paginas: 224
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
