Xhenet Aliu (Libros)

Xhenet Aliu Libros

Xhenet Aliu crea relatos que son a la vez mordazmente divertidos y profundamente observadores, explorando las complejidades de la vida familiar y la búsqueda de pertenencia a la sombra del declive industrial. Su prosa posee una agudeza única, profundizando en temas de herencia e identidad cultural con un estilo que es a la vez incisivo y profundamente empático. Los personajes de Aliu lidian con sus pasados y realidades presentes, revelando los intrincados paisajes emocionales de aquellos que navegan por tradiciones heredadas y mundos en evolución. Su obra ofrece una voz distintiva, caracterizada por su ingenio y su mirada implacable a la condición humana.

Brass

478 páginas
17 horas de lectura

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A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly and naïve, a married man who left Albania to chase his dreams--and wound up working as a line cook in Waterbury, Connecticut. Back when the brass mills were still open, this bustling factory town drew one wave of immigrants after another. Now it's the place they can't seem to leave. Elsie, herself the granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants, falls in love quickly, but when she learns that she's pregnant, Elsie can't help wondering where Bashkim's heart really lies, and what he'll do about the wife he left behind. Seventeen years later, headstrong and independent Luljeta receives a rejection letter from NYU and her first-ever suspension from school on the same day. Instead of striking out on her own in Manhattan, she's stuck in Connecticut with her mother, Elsie--a fate she refuses to accept. Wondering if the key to her future is unlocking the secrets of the past, Lulu decides to find out what exactly her mother has been hiding about the father she never knew. As she soon discovers, the truth is closer than she ever imagined.