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Fuentes, Javier.
Subjects
Gay men -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- United States -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Desire -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction.
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Fuentes, Javier.
Gay men -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- United States -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Desire -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction.
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Countries of origin /
Javier
Fuentes
.
by
Fuentes
,
Javier
.
Pantheon Books, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION FUE
Subjects
Gay men -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- United States -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Desire -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780593317587 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
294 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"In this stunning debut,
Javier
Fuentes
chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two young men from vastly different worlds during one, extraordinary summer in Spain, in what is ultimately a meditation on identity, class, belonging and desire. It is 2007, in New York where Demetrio, 30, is a celebrated pastry chef at the French restaurant, Le Bourrelet. It will be his seventh year as their pâtissier and the chef-owner, stern, but paternal feels he should move on. When Demetrio is offered a position as Head of Pastries at a Michelin-starred restaurant, he wants nothing more than to accept it. Undocumented, he is missing one crucial thing: papers. Terrified he will be found out, he makes the difficult decision of voluntary departure to permanently return to his homeland which he has not seen since he was a small child. This will mean leaving the only family he knows, his beloved uncle Chus, who brought him up and who he still lives with. On his flight to Madrid, he sits next to the handsome, playful and sensitive Jacobo, a student at NYU going home to his aristocratic, fascist family and there is an instant, unacknowledged electricity between them. In dimly lit bars in Madrid and on pebbled beaches by the sea far outside the city, Demetrio and Jacobo's subtle but intense relationship unfolds. Demetrio is tortured by a fear of true intimacy, and anxiety about their class difference. Both are struggling with their identities and sexuality and they avoid their true feelings and deep passion until a family tragedy sets them on a collision course back into one another's lives. Powerfully sensual, and dramatic, Countries of Origin is a story which immerses you in the intense emotions and conflicts of love and loss."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
2SLGBTQIA+
First novel
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