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Cargando... Jonny Appleseed (edición 2018)por Joshua Whitehead (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Not really much of a story to this – Jonny is a gay indigenous boy growing up on the rez, and he moves to Winnipeg when he gets older, where he becomes a prostitute (my mistake – apparently not a prostitute, but a cybersex worker). It was not in chronological order, and it was quite sexually graphic at times. The author narrated the audio – I rarely lost focus, but he did have a monotone voice. Turns out there might have been more of a “plot” than I thought (although, still kind of flimsy, I think), so maybe I did miss more than I thought. For some reason, I had it in my head that indigenous 2-spirit people were more accepted in indigenous cultures than gay people in white cultures, but (at least in this book) that doesn’t appear to be the case. Cannot cope with this much sex and sexuality right now when my health is shit and libido nonexistent so I'm abandoning this after chapter 2. The writing isn't bad and if Joshua Whitehead had some escapist lit to offer I'd be very down with that. (Oh look! Joshua's got some speculative fiction in a short story anthology available from the library. Bring it!) I did not like this book although the story itself is compelling. My problem with the book is that it’s not very well written and could have used a lot of editing. The story is about Jonny a two spirit Cree youth from the Peguis nation near Selkirk Manitoba. He leaves the rez for Winnipeg and becomes a cyber sex worker. His best friend Tias is already there so that helps with his urban integration. His life is difficult but he scrapes by. The most important person in his life aside from Tias life is his grandmother or Kokum who loves him unconditionally. Her personality and stories make up for the other problems with the book. Jonny’s tales of life on the Rez are hard, sad, discouraging but also hopeful when families come together and look after one another. This winner of the 2021 Canada Reads event is narrated by Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer Jonny, a sex worker who relates episodes from his life as he is making his way back to the reservation for his stepfather's funeral. There are brutally graphic and disturbing descriptions mixed with beautiful lyrical ones. The audiobook, which I recommend, is narrated by the author himself. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez," and his former life, to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The next seven days are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny's life is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages-and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life. Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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A clear depiction of rez life. Lyrical style.
If you are uncomfortable with gay sex, you may want to give this book a pass. ( )