EPISODE · Nov 5, 2024 · 30 MIN
An Unruled Body: A Poet’s Memoir by Ani Gjika
from Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs · host Lenny Little
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unruled Body: A Poet’s Memoir Author: Ani Gjika Narrator: Ani Gjika Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire. Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. When she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing, as hers does, Ani falls in love—at least, she thinks it's love. Set across Albania, Thailand, India, and the US, An Unruled Body is a young woman's journey to selfhood through the lenses of language, sexuality, and identity, and how she learns to find freedom of expression on her own terms.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unruled Body: A Poet’s Memoir Author: Ani Gjika Narrator: Ani Gjika Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire. Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. When she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing, as hers does, Ani falls in love—at least, she thinks it's love. Set across Albania, Thailand, India, and the US, An Unruled Body is a young woman's journey to selfhood through the lenses of language, sexuality, and identity, and how she learns to find freedom of expression on her own terms.
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