“… packs a devastating punch: it is the work of an accomplished novelist. Steeped in a rich heritage of bewitching Albanian myth and legend, this is a deeply timely, deeply necessary novel about the broken reality for millions worldwide about identity in all its complex permutations, and the human need to be seen.įind on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Bookdepository, Adlibris, Books-a-Million, Goodreads. But the struggle to feel at home–in a foreign country and even in one’s own body–will have corrosive effects, spurring a dangerous search for new identities. Together the two decide to leave everything behind and try their luck in Italy. Only his fearless best friend Agim–who is facing his own realizations about his gender and sexuality–gives him hope for the future. The death of Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father leave Bujar growing up in the ruins of Communist Albania and of his own family. Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, MontanaĪ stunning, incandescent novel that speaks to identity, war, exile, love, betrayal, and heartbreak “Everything, and I mean everything, is threatened with devastation and loss, but Pajtim Statovci’s prose, the quality of his seeing and remembering, promises to save an invaluable part for all of us.” Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers “Anyone who has ever known what it’s like to leave home in pursuit of happiness and belonging will most likely love this tender, beautiful novel as much as I did.” Crossing is a novel that dazzles and mesmerizes, and the reader, upon finishing, may have the extraordinary sensation that his or her own dreams have been scattered along the journey, beckoning for rereading. “Reading P ajtim Statovci’s fiction is like entering a lucid dream: life and death intertwines in an intimate dance the nostalgia for the past is akin to the nostalgia for the future. NoViolet Bulawayo, author of We Need New Names “Crossing will devour you this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking shit.” Shortlisted for the Premio Salerno Libro d’E uropa 2020 (Italy).Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2021 (UK).Winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2020 (UK).Winner of the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize 2016 (Finland).* * * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2019 (USA) * * *
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