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Sons, Daughters

Sons, Daughters

ISBN-13: 9781911710066

Contributor(s): Ivana Bodrozic (author), Ellen Elias-Bursac (translated by)

Subjects: Fiction In Translation

Publisher: Seven Stories Press Ltd

Publisher Imprint: Seven Stories Press Ltd

Publication Date: 29-02-2024

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£14.99

About the book

This is a story of hidden gay and trans relationships, the effects of a near-fatal accident, and an oppressed childhood, where Ivana Bodrozic tackles the issues addressed in her previous works - issues of otherness, identity and gender, pain and guilt, injustice and violence. A daughter is paralyzed after a car crash, left without the ability to speak, trapped in a hospital bed, unable to move anything but her eyes. Although she is immobilized, her mind reels, moving through time, her memories a salve and a burden. A son is stuck in a body that he doesn't feel is his own. He endures misperceptions and abuse on the way to becoming who he truly is. A mother who grew up being told she was never good enough, in a world with no place for the desires and choices of women. She carries with her the burden of generations. These three stories run parallel and intertwine. Three voices deepen and give perspective to one another's truth, pain, and struggle to survive.