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Chargement... The House of Impossible Beauties: A Novelpar Joseph Cassara
   Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 |  Cassara doesn't do that at all. His deep respect for the "Paris is Burning" documentary, the time period, and gravity of what was going on leaps off of every page. I tried to read the book as a novel for the first hundred pages, and it dragged in parts and meandered in others. I realized fifty pages later that this book is a series of interconnected vignettes and was probably just -marketed- as a novel. It's a heavy book, both in weight and content, as it should be. I thought it would frame the AIDS crisis a little differently, but I do mean that in a small way, and I'm being mildly petty. (NOTE 10/22/18: I have no idea what I was referring to.) I'm so glad this book was written and published. (  ) iszevthere | Jun 23, 2022 |  ) hissingpotatoes | Dec 28, 2021 | My favourite thing about Cassara is the way he writes dialogue. He writes dialogue so, so flawlessly. I can hear their voices, their tone, the back and forth of English and Spanish was just a spectacular combination. This feels like Ru Paul's Drag Race, except it hasn't been made consumable by white cis hetero audiences. It feels authentic and like a living, breathing thing. Cassara mentions Keith Haring, a famous LGBTQ artist and activist, and I was able to pull up a non-fiction book and find Haring's work right in front of me while I read. One complaint I read on a review here is that some of the characters are too similar. Maybe they are. Did I really care? Not at all. In fact some of the similarities between the characters helped me to understand that the author really was writing about queer culture. It took me a long time to read because of how heavy it could be sometimes, so: trigger warnings for ALL the things. Drug use, survival sex, sexual assault, prostitution, child abuse. I'm trying to articulate how much I love this book but I really am falling short. Cassara took away my words. I'm still crying from the ending. (  ) lydia1879 | Feb 1, 2020 | ) Katie_Roscher | Jan 18, 2019 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed - The Wall Street Journal - The Millions - Southern Living - Bustle - Esquire - Entertainment Weekly - Nylon - Mashable. A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and '90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary Paris Is Burning. It's 1980 in New York City, and nowhere is the city's glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem ball scene, where seventeen-year-old Angel first comes into her own. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must bear the responsibility of tending to their house alone. As mother of the house, Angel recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus's life. The Xtravaganzas must learn to navigate sex work, addiction, and persistent abuse, leaning on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them. All are ambitious, resilient, and determined to control their own fates, even as they hurtle toward devastating consequences. Told in a voice that brims with wit, rage, tenderness, and fierce yearning, The House of Impossible Beauties is a tragic story of love, family, and the dynamism of the human spirit. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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