Det går langsomt med Europas oprustning

som kåres af unge selv

måske handler det om noget helt andet

Zoyâ Pirzâd skriver primært om det nære liv - men hendes fiktion er både kritisk og politisk

Pretend I'm Dead Det går langsomt med EuropasMona is twenty three, emotionally adrift and cleaning houses to get by. While handing out clean needles to drug addicts, she falls for a man she calls Mr Disgusting, who proceeds to break her heart in unimaginable ways. In search of healing, she decamps to New Mexico for a fresh start, but always lurking just beneath the surface are the ghosts of her past, and the crushing legacy of a chaotic, destructive childhood. It seems running further away from