How to Read the Air

Informationen zum Autor Dinaw Mengestu was born in Ethiopia in 1978 and is a graduate of Georgetown and Columbia universities. His 2007 debut novel, Children of the Revolution , won the Guardian First Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2010, he was included in the New Yorker 's '20 Under 40' list of writers to watch. Klappentext A powerful and moving summer read that explores love, grief and the reality of the contemporary American immigrant experienceJonas, fresh from a failed marriage, is desperate to make sense of the ties that have forged him. Zusammenfassung A powerful and moving summer read that explores love, grief and the reality of the contemporary American immigrant experienceJonas, fresh from a failed marriage, is desperate to make sense of the ties that have forged him.

Product details

• Authors: Dinaw Mengestu, Mengestu Dinaw
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780099521037
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952103-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Nashville, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Tennessee, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Ethiopia, FICTION / African American & Black / General