Nevada

Paperback, 256 pages

Italiano language

Published June 20, 2023 by Feltrinelli.

ISBN:
978-88-07-03544-9
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4 stars (6 reviews)

Un’opera che porta chiunque a interrogarsi sui propri desideri e identità, aprendo nuovi orizzonti e trasmettendo una gran voglia di vivere e un irrinunciabile senso di libertà.

«Un libro bello e importante. Nitido, energizzante e molto divertente. È stato tra i primi romanzi contemporanei a trattare la storia di una donna trans in modo complesso e sfumato, senza fare affidamento sulla transizione per lo slancio narrativo o trattandola come un lieto fine garantito.» - Lily Mayer, The Atlantic

«La forza – enorme – di questo romanzo sta qui, nella capacità di Imogen Binnie di rendere una donna trans un personaggio del tutto normale, slegato, nel suo arco narrativo, dalla sua condizione di trans, e invece raccontato nella sua sola dimensione umana.» - Alessandro Tacchino per Maremosso

«Se Nevada ha un merito è quello di farci comprendere una volta di più che "il mondo non ha una norma: la vita va …

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A trip to nowhere

4 stars

Nevada is a funny book of highs and lows. Maria is a trans woman in a dysfunctional lesbian relationship, living in New York and working in a second-hand book store. She is also a minor online celebrity in the niche corner of the internet that is the trans blogsphere. On the surface it seems that this is a pretty good place to be: out and proud, surrounded by other queers, living the cool NY life. But it turns out Maria is a mess, largely because she is completely disconnected from her feelings and has a tendency to dissociate, developed as a defense mechanism. This is pretty much the plot of the first part of the book. In the second part, Maria has broken up with her girlfriend, stolen her car, and embarked on a road trip. In a shitty town in Nevada, she meets James, a young male-presenting person that …

A vital read to understand transfems and our literature.

4 stars

I was put onto this by the Transfeminine Review, and goodness am I glad. Much of what it has to say about queer community and how it treats trans women is still relevant today, and there are times it felt like my life was put on the page- like someone had read my mind! Maria is a window into our community- its no wonder this was a breakout hit. She's not likeable, at times- just like me and the girls I know aren't. She's genuine and a better character for it, a reflection for the world to see, but more importantly for girls like us to see. It's not quite perfect- its a little overly self conscious and the writing can be emotionally disconnected- but at the same time that's very fitting for what Nevada is trying to be. Definitely recommend

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Subjects

  • punk
  • transgender
  • dykes
  • road trip
  • trans woman
  • Punk culture
  • Transsexuals
  • Fiction
  • Fiction, general
  • Sexual minorities
  • Transsexuels
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Punk (Mouvement)