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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears( )
Author: Mengestu, Dinaw
ISBN:978-1-59448-285-4
Publication Date:Feb 2008
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Riverhead Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.15 x 8 x 0.62 Inches
Book Weight:0.425 Pounds
Author Biography
Mengestu, Dinaw (Author)
Dinaw Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1978. In 1980, he, his mother, and his sister immigrated to the United States to join his father, who fled Ethiopia during the Red Terror. He graduated from Georgetown University and Columbia University's MFA program in fiction. He is the author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air. He has also written for several publications including Rolling Stone and Harper's.

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