Cantitate/Preț
Produs
Total produse
Vezi coșul
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears de Dinaw Mengestu

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Autor Dinaw Mengestu
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2008 – vârsta de la 18 ani

Vezi toate premiile Carte premiată

L.A. Times Book Prize (2007)
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.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 9286 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 139
Preț estimativ în valută:
1777€ • 1851$ • 1478£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 21 ianuarie-04 februarie 25

 Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!
Adaugă în listă
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781594482854
ISBN-10: 1594482853
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 130 x 202 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books

Notă biografică

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.

Descriere

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 neighborhood, longing for his home continent. When a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again.

Premii