Nevada

A Novel

De: Imogen Binnie

Narrado por: Imogen Binnie

This program is read by the author.

"Nevada is a book that changed my life: it shaped both my worldview and personhood, making me the writer I am. And it did so by the oldest of methods, by telling a wise, hilarious, and gripping story." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby

A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction finally back in print, Nevada follows a disaffected trans woman as she embarks on a cross-country road trip.

Maria Griffiths is almost thirty and works at a used bookstore in New York City while trying to stay true to her punk values. She’s in love with her bike but not with her girlfriend, Steph. She takes random pills and drinks more than is good for her, but doesn’t inject anything except, when she remembers, estrogen, because she’s trans. Everything is mostly fine until Maria and Steph break up, sending Maria into a tailspin, and then onto a cross-country trek in the car she steals from Steph. She ends up in the backwater town of Star City, Nevada, where she meets James, who is probably but not certainly trans, and who reminds Maria of her younger self. As Maria finds herself in the awkward position of trans role model, she realizes that she could become James’s savior—or his downfall.

One of the most beloved cult novels of our time and a landmark of trans literature, Imogen Binnie’s Nevada is a blistering, heartfelt, and evergreen coming-of-age story, and a punk-smeared excavation of marginalized life under capitalism. Guided by an instantly memorable, terminally self-aware protagonist—and featuring a new afterword by the author—Nevada is the great American road novel flipped on its head for a new generation.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Soooo Good!!

One of the best books I've ever read; full stop. Lived up to the hype and then some. It gives voice to a real trans experience and isn't afraid to tell the whole truth and pull exactly 0 punches. Not sure if the author reads these or not but I have to say thank you. This story hit so close to home and I can't express how much it means to hear something that so beautifully articulates an example of an internal trans experience. The new afterword was really cool to hear as well! Life changing Imogen, life changing.

Kooky cool

What a ride, would listen again. Great afterword with lots of fantastic reading recommendations. Go for it!

An Attempt to Understand

First, this books is funny as f***. I very much enjoyed the punk rock tone. And as a Cis Male, married with three kids, I was interested and hearing from different perspectives. This offered one that is honest and intimate, revealing a glimpse into a world that I won’t know any thing about.

This book read me

And I’m pissed about it. Like., even bringing up fictionmania?! You kidding me? This one hurt me so so much to read, but the afterward gave me so much closure.

Brilliant !

The way the book is red is so great, I can’t imagine reading it myself. Give it a listen!