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2009: #24 – The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Dinaw Mengestu)

By jaime

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… »

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4d 17h 14m : Audio time

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