'A becoming of winged creatures': Unruly Bodies and Hidden Transcripts in Zeyn Joukhadar's The Thirty Names of Night.

This article uses Jack Halberstam's notions of 'hidden transcripts' and 'failure' as a starting point for analysing Zeyn Joukhadar's novel The Thirty Names of Night (2020). The 'hidden transcripts' – diaries, sketchbooks and journals that are unearthed throughout the novel – form a spectral archive...

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Published in:	Comparative Critical Studies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 193 - 212
Main Author:	Lewis, Evie
Format:	Article
Published:	Edinburgh University Press Jun2025
Subjects:	Joukhadar, Zeyn Thirty Names of Night, The (Book) Failure (Psychology) LGBTQ+ people Gender identity
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost