The Town of Babylon - A Novel. Nominiert: Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2023. Nominiert: Latino Book Award, 2022. Nominiert: National Book Award Finalist, 2022. Nominiert: PEN Open Book Award, 2023
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| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 15,3 x 2,8 x 24,1 cm |
| Gewicht | 527 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781662601033 |
| Bestell-Nr | 66260103UA |
A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing
_Recommended by The New York Times_
In this contemporary debut novel an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returns to his suburban hometown in the wake of his husband s infidelity. There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends.
Over the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he d left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds.
Captivating and poignant; a moder n coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, The Town of Babylon is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. SIDEWALKS
2. SUBURBS
3. ITALIAN RESTAURANTS
4. NUNS
5. OPEN BAR
6. HIGH SCHOOL
7. MOM & DAD
8. PARKING LOTS
9. BASEMENTS
10. BAGELS
11. HENRY
12. PEARL JAM
13. THE NEIGHBORHOOD
14. LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM
15. PAUL S DAD
16. COUPLES COUNSELING
17. FRIDAY NIGHTS
18. SUNDAY MASS
19. COMMUNITY COLLEGE
20. MARTYRDOM
21. THE HOLY SPIRIT
22. SAINT JOSEPH
23. MARGARITAS
24. GETAWAY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
