How to Read the Air

von Dinaw Mengestu

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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. How can he dream of a future when he can't make sense of his past? He hits the road, tracing the route that his parents - young Ethiopians in search of an identity as an American couple - took thirty years earlier to Nashville, Tennessee. In a stunning display of imagination he weaves together a history that takes him from the war-torn Ethiopia of his parents' youth to a brighter vision of his own life in contemporary America, a story - real or invented- that holds the possibility of reconciliation and redemption.'A story of exile and redemption, beautifully written' The Times

• Reihe: Vintage
• ISBN: 9780099521037
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.01.2012
• Größe: 199 x 131 mm
• Verlag: Poisoned Pen Press