| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
229 pages ; 22 cm |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Nigerian Americans lcsh |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Physicians lcdgt |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
| Language |
In Spanish. En Español. |
| Summary |
On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him. When his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.--from dust jacket. |
| Note |
"Niru goza de una vida aparentemente de ensueño: se ha criado en Washington con unos padres solícitos, en su prestigioso instituto privado despunta como un estudiante brillante y un as del deporte, y en otoño empezará la universidad en Harvard. La vida le sonríe. Pero Niru guarda un doloroso secreto: es homosexual, un pecado abominable para sus padres, nigerianos y muy conservadores. No lo sabe nadie salvo Meredith, su mejor amiga, hija de unas personalidades de Washington, y la única persona que no lo juzga. Cuando su padre descubre accidentalmente que Niru es gay, las brutales repercusiones no tardan en llegar. Sin embargo, Meredith, que a su vez se enfrenta a sus propios problemas, descubre que emocionalmente le queda muy poco que ofrecerle a Niru. Los amigos luchan por reconciliar sus deseos en contra de unas expetativas y unas instituciones que pretenden definirlos, pero en su batalla se descubren avandando a toda velocidad hacia un futuro más violento y desprovisto de sentido de lo que podían imaginar. En la línea de Americanah, de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, No hables explora qué significa ser diferente en una sociedad fundamentalmente conformista, así como el papel que representa dicha diferencia en nuestros conflictos internos y externos"--Page [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Sexual orientation -- Fiction.
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Gay teenagers -- Fiction.
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Nigerian Americans -- Fiction.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
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Gay teenagers. (OCoLC)fst00939229
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Nigerian Americans. (OCoLC)fst01037585
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Sexual orientation. (OCoLC)fst01114902
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Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
López Muñoz, Regina, translator.
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| Added Title |
Speak no evil. Spanish
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| ISBN |
9788491812609 |
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8491812601 |
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