The Ghosts of Other Immigrants (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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The characters in these stories of migration are marked by heritage and the pasts that follow them wherever they go. A young woman in 1970s Washington, D.C., is changed forever after her love interest is kidnapped; a woman's personal crisis melds with the climate crisis on the darkened shores of Southwest Finland; a Karelian refugee attempts to control her legacy as she nears death; a threesome of young queer immigrants in New York discover their mutual friendship costs more than it gives. Each of these characters tries to find a way to accept-or erase-the ghosts and hollow spaces that follow their displacements.

Ghosts was recently selected by NYT-bestselling novelist Kristen Arnett to receive the New American Fiction Prize. Publication is scheduled for 2023 to allow for a substantial publicity campaign prior to a pre-launch event at the AWP 2023 conference. "I found myself returning to these stories again and again," said Arnett, "fascinated by the queerness of the text and the deeply messy humanity of these characters. Without a doubt, I'll be thinking about this book for years to come."