An Unruled Body: A Poet's Memoir
Ani Gjika, "An Unruled Body: A Poet's Memoir"
English | ISBN: 1632063409 | 2023 | 272 pages | EPUB | 773 KB
English | ISBN: 1632063409 | 2023 | 272 pages | EPUB | 773 KB
In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire.
Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. When she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing, as hers does, Ani falls in love―at least, she thinks it’s love.
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