Testimony of a shifter /
Imprisoned by the totalitarian government, Dr. Benito Espinoza practices for his weekly interrogations by recounting his story to his thirteen-year-old daughter. He tells her about turning his back on his ability to shift his gender from male to female, to Alejandra, to become a scholar in the Grand...
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| Language: | English |
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Houston :
Arte Público,
[2023].
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| Summary: | Imprisoned by the totalitarian government, Dr. Benito Espinoza practices for his weekly interrogations by recounting his story to his thirteen-year-old daughter. He tells her about turning his back on his ability to shift his gender from male to female, to Alejandra, to become a scholar in the Grand Library. Most academics are Residents who inherited their seats and believe Descendants like Ben don't have the intellectual ability to be a person of letters. Ben conforms to the laws against transmuting, so he manages to secure a place in the library. His life's purpose is to prove Descendants are as capable as Residents. But an encounter with a clever, beautiful Descendant leads to his unwitting participation in the rebellion against the Impresario and his White Guards. Soon the shifter is involved with the Rebels, trying to save a younger generation of Descendants and shifters from the horrific experiments and violence perpetrated against them. In a non-linear narrative in which "time is false," author and scholar Emma Pérez offers a fascinating speculative novel about alternate histories, while pondering race, discrimination and transgender people. Along the route to self-discovery and activism, Benito/Alejandra is inspired by a younger generation that, even while imprisoned in inhuman dungeons, maintains a vision of a utopian future. |
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| Physical Description: | 198 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1558859799 9781558859791 |