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Desert Echoes de Abdi Nazemian

Desert Echoes

Autor Abdi Nazemian
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 2024 – vârsta de la 14 ani

Mesajul central pe care îl transmite Desert Echoes este acela că vindecarea nu vine din uitare, ci din curajul de a privi direct spre adevărul dureros al trecutului. Notăm cu interes felul în care Abdi Nazemian construiește o narațiune despre reziliență, reușind să ofere o lecție profundă despre maturizare fără a recurge la un ton didactic. Remarcăm structura duală a timpului: prezentul în care Kam, acum în vârstă de șaptesprezece ani, revine în deșertul Joshua Tree, și trecutul marcat de relația intensă, dar fragilă, cu misteriosul Ash. Stilul autorului este propulsiv, împletind tensiunea unei dispariții cu sensibilitatea explorării identității. În familia Lost in the Never Woods de Aiden Thomas, unde trauma și misterul se întâlnesc în sălbăticie, Desert Echoes aduce o temă actuală și necesară: dinamica complexă a primei iubiri într-un context queer și modul în care secretele pot fractura o relație. Deșertul nu este doar un decor, ci devine un personaj în sine, un spațiu al izolării unde Kam trebuie să decidă dacă este gata să se deschidă din nou către lume. Ilustrațiile semnate de Tara Anand adaugă o dimensiune vizuală care ancorează emoția textului, transformând lectura într-o experiență multisenzorială. Este o poveste despre cum să mergi mai departe atunci când inima îți este lăsată cu întrebări fără răspuns.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063339637
ISBN-10: 0063339633
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 147 x 212 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Harpercollins

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Recomandăm această carte părinților care caută literatură de calitate pentru adolescenți (14+), capabilă să abordeze teme dificile precum pierderea și identitatea. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă empatică asupra procesului de doliu și învață valoarea onestității față de sine. Este o lectură esențială pentru tinerii care navighează complexitatea relațiilor moderne, oferind un model de reziliență emoțională într-un format captivant, cu o estetică vizuală deosebită.

Notă biografică

Abdi Nazemian is the author of Only This Beautiful Moment-winner of the Stonewall Award and the Lambda Literary Award-and Like a Love Story, a Stonewall Honor Book and one of Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time. He is also the author of the young adult novels Exquisite Things, Desert Echoes, The Chandler Legacies, and The Authentics, and the co-author of SwapLife. His novel The Walk-In Closet won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. His screenwriting credits include the films The Artist's Wife, The Quiet, and numerous television series including It's Not Like That and Sweet Magnolias. His many credits as a film producer include Call Me by Your Name and Little Woods. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband, their two children, and their dog, Disco.

Descriere scurtă

From Abdi Nazemian, the award-winning author of Like a Love Story and Only This Beautiful Moment, comes a suspenseful contemporary YA novel about loss and love.
Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried. Something seems off about Ash. He also has a habit of disappearing, at times for days. When Ash asks Kam to join him on a trip to Joshua Tree, the two of them walk off into the sunset . . . but only Kam returns.
Two years later, Kam is still left with a hole in his heart and too many unanswered questions. So it feels like fate when a school trip takes him back to Joshua Tree. On the trip, Kam wants to find closure about what happened to Ash but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate. In the desert, Kam must reckon with the truth of his past relationship—and the possibility of opening himself up to love once again.
Desert Echoes is a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection.


He went to the desert for closure, but what happens when the truth is more dangerous than not knowing?


  • A Heart-Pounding Mystery: Kam was the last person to see Ash alive before he vanished in Joshua Tree. Two years later, a school trip back to the same desert puts Kam in danger of facing the same fate.
  • Grief and First Love: A moving exploration of loving someone who is gone, reckoning with the truth of a complicated relationship, and finding the courage to open your heart again.
  • Secrets and Lies: Something was always off about Ash, but Kam was too in love to see it. Now, he must confront the secrets Ash kept—and the ones in his own family.
  • An Atmospheric Desert Setting: The stark, beautiful, and treacherous landscape of Joshua Tree becomes a character in itself, holding the key to Kam's past and his future.

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From a Stonewall Honor-winning author comes a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection. Perfect for fans of?Last Night at the Telegraph Club, The Great Godden and?If You Still Recognise Me. Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried. They struggle to understand Ash. He also has a habit of disappearing, at times for days. When Ash asks Kam to join him on a trip to Joshua Tree, the two of them walk off into the sunset ... but only Kam returns. Two years later, Kam is still left with a hole in his heart and too many unanswered questions. So it feels like fate when a school trip takes him back to Joshua Tree. On the trip, Kam wants to find closure about what happened to Ash, but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate. In the desert, Kam must reckon with the truth of his past relationship - and the possibility of opening himself up to love once again. PRAISE FOR ONLY THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT: "A complex coming-of-age-story of these three boys who are inextricably linked, not only by family but in ways yet revealed. Abdi never fails to weave a powerful and moving story." Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six "A deeply human story fuelled by love, hope, and longing" Wibke Brueggemann, author of Love is for Losers "A stunning intergenerational coming-of-age story" Kirkus, Starred Review "The kind of story that YA literature was made for" Booklist, Starred Review "A queer epic, a defiant piece of art that transmutes the rallying cry of "we're here, we're queer, get used to it" into even more beautiful poetry that will almost certainly change the lives of those who read it" BookPage, Starred Review "This is a book everyone needs to read" Kasey S, educator