num_pages: 496
description: In this vivid and compelling novel Tim Murphy follows a diverse set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattans East Village the Christodora. The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbor Hector a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict becomes connected to Milly and Jareds lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile Milly and Jareds adopted son Mateo grows to see the opportunity for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers. As the junkies and protesters of the 1980's give way to the hipsters of the 2000's and they in turn to the wealthy residents of the crowded glass-towered city of the 2020's enormous changes rock the personal lives of Milly and Jared and the constellation of people around them. Moving kaleidoscopically from the Tompkins Square Riots and attempts by activists to galvanize a true response to the AIDS epidemic to the New York City of the future Christodora recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard drugs and brings to life the ever-changing city itself.
language: English
title: Christodora
publisher: Grove Press