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Children of the Revolution Dinaw Mengestu

Children of the Revolution By Dinaw Mengestu

Children of the Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu


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Summary

Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Stepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.C.

Children of the Revolution Summary

Children of the Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu

Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Stepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.C. Sepha spends his days in a sort of limbo: quietly running his grocery store into the ground, revisiting the Russian classics, and toasting the old days with his friends Kenneth and Joseph, themselves emigrants from Africa. But when a white woman named Judith moves next door with her only daughter, Naomi, Sepha's life seems on the verge of change...

Children of the Revolution Reviews

"A quietly accomplished debut novel... Despite, or perhaps because of, the attritions of his years in exile, Sepha has remained astonishingly tender. In the end, it is this human warmth that triumphs" * Guardian *
"Brilliant... a courageous and engaging novel" * Daily Telegraph *
"With faultless pitch and tone, this elegiac first novel packs great matters into its modest span" * Independent *
"A quietly brilliant portrait of immigrant life... Children of the Revolution reads like an Ethopian variation on The Great Gatsby. Remarkably it's not diminished by this comparison" * Financial Times *
"A rich and lyrical story of displacement and loneliness. I was profoundly moved by this tale of an Ethiopian immigrant's search for acceptance, peace, and identity... Mengestu makes us feel this tortured soul's longings, regrets, and in the end, his dreams of meaningful human connection" -- Khaled Hosseini * The Kite Runner *

About Dinaw Mengestu

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. He is also the author of How To Read The Air.

Additional information

GOR001507403
9780099502739
0099502739
Children of the Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2008-05-22
240
Winner of Guardian First Book Award 2007 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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