The Queens Of Sarmiento Park

The Queens Of Sarmiento Park
Kit Maude, Camila Sosa Villada
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h216 x 135mm - 224pg
14 Jul 2022 UK
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9780349016467
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Auntie Encarna' s house is the queerest boarding house in the world. For Camila, who grew up as a boy in a small town in Argentina, but now lives as a woman, it is home. The queens around her are her family: Auntie Encarna, who is 178 years old; Maria, who can' t speak, and has feathers growing out of her back; and a host of other glittering characters. At night, they head together to Sarmiento Park, in the heart of the city, a large green lung with a zoo and a theme park. Potential johns cruise by in their cars, slowing down to inspect the group before selecting one with the wave of an arm. The chosen woman answers their call. Night after night, nothing changes. Until, one freezing night, Auntie Encarna hears crying coming from the bushes. A baby boy, lost and alone. Auntie Encarna puts him in her handbag and brings him home, determined to protect him. To be a mother. But the forces of oppression, prejudice and fear surround the family and their foundling - and soon the happiness they clutched at begins to seem like an impossible fairy tale . . .
A beautiful novel, moving, disturbing, raw and honest. In skilfully rendered language, charged with poetic energy, it takes us deep into the world of trans prostitution and explores the violent and tender bonds that unite the women who inhabit it -- Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season From a life reminiscent of a Pedro Almodovar film, Camila Sosa Villada has drawn an incredible piece of literature * Vanity Fair (France) * A magical novel . . . raw and full of love * eldiario. es (Spain) * A literary sensation * Rolling Stone (Argentina) * A deeply poetic work about a group of outcasts who try with all their might to protect themselves from violence and exclusion through sisterhood, solidarity and joie de vivre * Deutschlandfunk kultur (Germany) * This novel celebrates trans life with lyricism and wonder . . . A gem to be savoured * Elle (France) * Camila Sosa Villada draws inspiration from her past in prostitution and the legend of an Argentine saint for The Queens of Sarmiento Park, a tribute to sex workers, suffused with magic * Le Monde (France) * This is an important book: fun, tragic, political and full of marvel. It makes you understand the lives of these women and the wonder and pain of being different and rejected. It' s full of pride and exquisitely written. It will break your heart and at the same time make you want to laugh and dance, full of love and sorrow -- Mariana Enriquez
Camila Sosa Villada is an Argentinian writer and actress, and a prominent advocate for transgender rights. Las Malas, her first novel, was published in Spanish by Tusquets (Planeta) Argentina in June 2020, with local printings in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. Film/TV rights have been optioned by the Argentinian company Rebolucion.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780349016467
Published: 14 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 22mm
Pages: 224

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