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Author:

Maren, Mesha, author.

Title:

Perpetual West : a novel / by Mesha Maren.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

374 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Group identity--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Lucha libre--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
El Paso (Tex.)--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Gay fiction.

Summary:

When Alex and Elana move from small town Virginia to El Paso, they are just a young married couple, intent on a new beginning. Mexican by birth but adopted by white American Pentecostal parents, Alex is hungry to learn about the place where he was born. He spends every free moment across the border in Jùrez -- perfecting his Spanish, hanging with a collective of young activists, and studying lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) for his graduate work in sociology. Meanwhile Elana, busy fighting her own demons, feels disillusioned by academia and has stopped going to class. And though they are best friends, Elana has no idea that Alex has fallen in love with Mateo, a lucha libre fighter. When Alex goes missing and Elana can't determine whether he left of his own accord or was kidnapped, it's clear that neither of them has been honest about who they are.

ISBN:

1643750941
9781643750941

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1227270647

LCCN:

2021021981

Locations:

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)