Mean

Resumen del libro

Gurba is an extraordinary performer with an enthusiastic spoken word fan base, and the Mean's voice-driven quality should appeal to them directlyRather than a memoir, this is a nonfiction novel, a la How Should a Person Be-Gurba's life provides the plot points, but a novelistic impulse provides the frame. Gurba turns what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy, differentiating between "classic" (stranger rape) and "avant garde" (molestation by a classmate) sexual assault in a way that's in your face and unforgettable. Race, class, gender, and sexuality all break open in unexpected ways in Gurba's hands.

This is a confident, funny, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, racism, misogyny, and homophobia deadly seriously.

Biografía del autor

Myriam Gurba es una escritora y artista norteamericana de origen mexicano. Ha colaborado con The Paris Review, Time, KCET, The Rumpus o 4Columns, y es autora de los libros Dahlia Season, Painting Their Portraits in Winter y Mala onda, aclamado por medios como The New York Times o Publishers Weekly y elegido por O, the Oprah Magazine como uno de los mejores libros LGBTQ de todos los tiempos.