The House of Impossible Beauties
by Joseph Cassara
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Pub Date 1 Feb 2018 | Archive Date 19 Jan 2018
Oneworld Publications | Oneworld
Description
Inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza in the seminal documentary Paris is Burning, and set in New York City from the late 70s–early 90s against the backdrop of the impending AIDS crisis, The House of Impossible Beauties follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene and the Christopher Street Pier as they flee their traumatic pasts and band together to form the city’s first all-Latino House.
Told in a voice that brims with wit, rage, tenderness and fierce yearning, The House of Impossible Beauties is a tragic story of love, family and the resilience of the human spirit.
Advance Praise
‘A marvelously serious, deep, artful, humane read…There’s so much downright gorgeous prose.’
Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers
‘A marvelously serious, deep, artful, humane read…There’s so much downright gorgeous prose.’
Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781786073143 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
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