The Virgin of Flames - Softcover
For Black, a mural artist in East L. A., the city's tumbledown landscape is his canvas. Residing in a ramshackle apartment above 'The Ugly Store', he lives for his art and obsesses over Sweet Girl, the transvestite stripper who serves as his muse. Black navigates life alongside the Los Angeles River, 'iridescent in its concrete sleeve', enlisting his friends - Iggy, the beautiful tattoo artist who has beguiled Hollywood's elite, and Bomboy, a wealthy Rwandan butcher - as he confronts his past and struggles to find his place in the world. This is a searing and dazzlingly written novel of a tarnished City of Angels filled with indelible images and unforgettable characters. Chris Abani touches on the far reaches of psychic pain, religious and sexual, and takes the reader on an unforgettable journey.
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Review:
"Abani is as adept at portraying [Black's] humanity as he is at
portraying the richness of his city. The Virgin of the Flames is fully of
beauty and insight. Suspenseful, too"
-- Guardian
`writing contains moments of real tenderness and beauty'
-- Newstatesman: Rev'd Natasha Tripney
Book Description:
portraying the richness of his city. The Virgin of the Flames is fully of
beauty and insight. Suspenseful, too"
-- Guardian
`writing contains moments of real tenderness and beauty'
-- Newstatesman: Rev'd Natasha Tripney
In this edgy and beautiful novel, Los Angeles is filled with indelible images, unforgettable characters and brought to life through Abani's lush, punky prose.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0224081624
- ISBN 13 9780224081627
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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