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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Taschenbuch von Dinaw Mengestu
Sprache: Englisch

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Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again.

Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again.

Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
Über den Autor
Dinaw Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and was named a “20 under 40” writer to watch by The New Yorker. Mengestu’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, Granta, and other publications. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.
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Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781594482854
ISBN-10: 1594482853
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mengestu, Dinaw
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Maße: 207 x 131 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Dinaw Mengestu
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2008
Gewicht: 0,198 kg
preigu-id: 121039324
Über den Autor
Dinaw Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and was named a “20 under 40” writer to watch by The New Yorker. Mengestu’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, Granta, and other publications. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781594482854
ISBN-10: 1594482853
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mengestu, Dinaw
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Maße: 207 x 131 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Dinaw Mengestu
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2008
Gewicht: 0,198 kg
preigu-id: 121039324
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