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How We Fight for Our Lives
- Lu par : Saeed Jones
- Durée : 5 h et 34 min
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Description
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives - winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award - is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.
One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper’s Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more.
“People don’t just happen,” writes Saeed Jones. “We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The ‘I’ it seems doesn’t exist until we are able to say, ‘I am no longer yours.’”
Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, Black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws listeners into his boyhood and adolescence - into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another - and to one another - as we fight to become ourselves.
An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that’s as beautiful as it is powerful - a voice that’s by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and an audiobook that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.
Commentaires
"Listeners gain an intimate sense of Saeed Jones's life through vignettes he presents with grace, compassion, and ferocity.... Jones narrates unflinchingly through early curiosity about his sexuality, homophobia from family and community, and damaging sexual encounters. While he's skilled at creating voices for everyone in his audiobook, certain voices - taunting slurs, crazed declarations of violence - are particularly chilling. Through his dynamic narration, listeners will feel as though they are sharing intense confidences and moments of joy with a close friend." (AudioFile magazine)
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Manu
- 24/08/2020
Excellent
Un document important, tant pour l'importance de ce qui est raconté (grandir Noir et gay dans le sud des Etats-Unis) que pour la qualité de l'écriture (avec une grande économie de moyens Saeed Jones transmet une magnifique émotion). C'est l'auteur lui-même qui lit son livre, et le résultat est excellent.
En anglais.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Reader X
- 12/11/2019
This guy can write (and read)
Very nice flow and the narration carries you along. I hope that Mr. Jones keeps fighting for his life because I'm pretty sure that he will have a lot more to say.
Readers who have a 'do I really want to be reading about this?' moment at any point in the book... should persevere. Well worth it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02/11/2019
Beautiful story and narration
I loved this! It’s lyrical and wonderfully honest. I appreciate the vulnerability displayed by the author.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- ChocolateGoddess
- 25/10/2019
Very Enjoyable
I really loved the story. The author's prospective was open and honest. I wanted the story to continue. Like, what happened with Emma!
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- alsimvilla
- 23/10/2019
A Great Reality Check
I heard about this memoir from an interview on NPR with Saeed Jones. After listening to it, it really hit home. As a minority and part of the LGBTQ community, I knew exactly where the author was coming from. I highly recommend for everyone because it gives you a glimpse of how many minority groups feel in our society. Great listen!
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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- Paul
- 28/09/2020
A sweet memoir
This is a well-written addition to books about Black gay experience, and mother and son relationships.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20/09/2020
Touching. Honest. Revealing....F**ing Stunning.
I have never read a book in one day! I am eternally grateful to finally see myself in a work displaying the many complexities and beauties of the soul.
Unflinchingly honest! A memoir that hits you with so many different emotions. I rode it like a wave back to the depths of myself.
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- alissa donovan
- 28/06/2020
Wonderful
A great way to experience this beautiful, courageous work, in the author’s own voice. So touched by the bravery and vulnerability in this clear, easy to read memoir full of hard truths. The author’s voice and writing are engaging, funny, and poignant. Highly recommend.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Rachel Lake
- 07/03/2020
Visceral, stunning
I loved this book and Saeed's reading of it. Beautiful writing and structure. Highly recommend!
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 17/02/2023
Honest and a bit raw
I did not fully know what to expect when my friend recommended this book to me. I found it to be entertaining. I appreciated Saeed fully depicting his relationship with his mother and how it evolved. I also found his path to discovering his sexuality quite interesting. I do, however, wish that he would have been less graphic and vulgar when describing some of his sexual exploits. Ultimately, I commend him for sharing his experience as a young, black, gay male.
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- Dee Whicker Gordon
- 08/02/2023
Incredible book
I’m not sure what made me choose this book. But, I’m glad I did. As a mother of a gay man, and who I love more than he will ever know. Help me to understand him better. I also lost my mother and best friend less than a year ago. His words have struck very deep. Thank you for having the strength and the courage to write this book.
