How to Read the Air
by Mengestu, Dinaw
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- Hardcover
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- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594487707
- ISBN 13
- 9781594487705
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Synopsis
A "beautifully written"* ( New York Times Book Review ) novel of redemption by a prize-winning international literary star. From the acclaimed author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears comes a heartbreaking literary masterwork about love, family, and the power of imagination. Following the death of his father Yosef, Jonas Woldemariam feels compelled to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged him. Leaving behind his marriage and job in New York, he sets out to retrace his mother and father's honeymoon as young Ethiopian immigrants and weave together a family history that will take him from the war-torn country of his parents' youth to a brighter vision of his life in America today. In so doing, he crafts a story- real or invented-that holds the possibility of reconciliation and redemption.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000966051
- Title
- How to Read the Air
- Author
- Mengestu, Dinaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594487707
- ISBN 13
- 9781594487705
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-10-14
- Size
- 1.4000 in x 8.2000 in x 5.7000 i
- X weight
- 0.9500 lb