“A sprawling account of New York lives under the long shadow of
AIDS, it deals beautifully with the drugs that save us and the drugs
that don’t.”—The Guardian (Best Books of the Year) In this
vivid and compelling novel, Tim Murphy follows a diverse set of
characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in
Manhattan’s East Village, the Christodora. The Christodora is home
to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions.
Their neighbor, Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a
celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected
to Milly and Jared’s lives in ways none of them can anticipate.
Meanwhile, Milly and Jared’s adopted son Mateo grows to see the
opportunity for both self-realization and oblivion that New York
offers. As the junkies and protestors of the 1980s give way to the
hipsters of the 2000s and they, in turn, to the wealthy residents of
the crowded, glass-towered city of the 2020s, enormous changes rock
the personal lives of Milly and Jared and the constellation of people
around them. Moving kaleidoscopically from the Tompkins Square Riots
and attempts by activists to galvanize a true response to the AIDS
epidemic, to the New York City of the future, Christodora recounts
the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive
power of hard drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself.
“A rich and complicated New York saga . . . Christodora has the
scope of other New York epics, such as Bonfire of the Vanities, The
Goldfinch and City on Fire.”—Newsday
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ISBN
9780802190437
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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