Christodora

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'An engrossing and inspiring story of loss, love and hope, set against a backdrop of art, activism and addiction.' - <i>Observer</i><br><br>Moving from the Tompkins Square Riots and attempts by activists to galvanize a response to the AIDS epidemic, to the New York City of the future, Tim Murphy's <i>Christodora</i> recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself.</b><br><br>The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbour, Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly's and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, the couple's adopted son, Mateo, grows to appreciate the opportunities for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers.<br><br>As the junkies and protestors of the 1980s give way to the hipsters of the 2000s and they, in turn, to the wealthy residents of the crowded, glass-towered city of the 2020s, enormous changes rock the personal lives of Milly and Jared and the constellation of people around them.<br><br><b>'An impassioned, big-hearted, and ultimately hopeful chronicle of a changing New York that authoritatively evokes the despair and panic in the city at the height of the plague.' - Hanya Yanagihara, author of <i>A Little Life</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781509818594

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 128 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Verlag / Hersteller

Pan Macmillan