Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

b>'Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is quite simply one of the most exciting - and one of the most fun - novels of the decade.' - Garth Greenwell/b>It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a lesbian best friend, makes zines, and is a flaneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women's Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco - a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure. Andrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early 90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation. Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl is a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero/ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening into an array of intimacy and connections.b>'Playful, sexy, smart, and like nothing else I - or you - have ever read before.' - Carmen Maria Machado/b>

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrea Lawlor, LAWLOR ANDREA
• Verlag: Picador Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781529007671
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-0767-1
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: Picador
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; California, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General