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Feb 05, 2008 | ISBN 9781594482854 Buy
Mar 01, 2007 | ISBN 9781101217566 Buy
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Feb 05, 2008 | ISBN 9781594482854
Mar 01, 2007 | ISBN 9781101217566
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.
Dinaw Mengestu is the award-winning author of two previous novels, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007) and How to Read the Air (2010). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and of Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in fiction and… More about Dinaw Mengestu
Dylan Thomas Prize WINNER
Guardian First Book Award WINNER
Lannan Literary Fellowship WINNER
Los Angeles Times Book Prize WINNER
New York Times Notable Book WINNER
Prix du Premier Roman WINNER
Young Lions Award WINNER
NAACP Image Award FINALIST
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