Dear senthuran: a black spirit memoir

R$ 101,90

Sinopse

'Unlike anything I've read . . .Remarkable.' Roxane Gay'An audacious sojourn through the terror and beauty of refusing to explain yourself. ' New York TimesIn letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers, Akwaeke describes the shape of a life lived in overlapping realities. Through heartbreak, chronic pain, intimacy with death, becoming a beast, this is embodiment as a nonhuman: outside the boundaries imposed by expectations and legibility.This book is an account of the grueling work of realignment and remaking necessary to carve out a future for oneself. The result is a Black spirit memoir: a powerful, raw unfolding of identity.

Participantes

Autor: Akwaeke Emezi

Autor

AKWAEKE EMEZI

Akwaeke Emezi nasceu em 1987, na Nigéria, em Umuahia, mas cresceu em Aba e atualmente vive nos Estados Unidos e identifica-se como ?gbanje, palavra da cultura igbo que significa um espírito intruso que nasce em forma humana, e que resultaria em uma criança com um terceiro gênero.

Com vários livros publicados no Brasil, a autora está entre as convidadas para a Flip 2023.