Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career. She’s even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the overwhelming desire Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits—his father. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there’s the biggest question of all—how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love? Akwaeke Emezi’s vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing, and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds.
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty -
Akwaeke Emezi
Simon & Schuster Export
2022
288 páginas
9h 36m
ISBN-10: 1668004143
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Akwaeke Emezi
AKWAEKE EMEZI nasceu em 1987, na Nigéria, em Umuahia, mas cresceu em Aba. Atualmente vive nos Estados Unidos. Em 2017, recebeu uma bolsa do “Global Arts Fund”para realizar a videoarte de seu projeto The Unblinding, e uma bolsa “Sozopol Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction”. Akwaeke identifica-se como Ọgbanje, palavra da cultura Igbo que significa um espírito intruso que nasce em uma forma humana, e que resultaria em uma criança com um terceiro gênero. Traduzindo isto para sua realidade terrena, Akweke nasceu em um corpo feminino, mas não é mulher, identificando-se como trans e utilizando pronomes neutros para se referir a si. No texto Transition: My surgeries were a bridge across realities, a spirit customizing its vessel to reflect its nature, publicado no site The Cut, Akwaeke fala de suas cirurgias e experiências para adequar seu espírito à realidade física.
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