How to Read the Air
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2012
Summary
The eagerly anticipated follow-up from the acclaimed author of Children of the Revolution, winner of the 2007 Guardian First Book Award.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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099521037 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099521032 |
| Author: | Dinaw Mengestu |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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A straight-forward, compassionate, keenly sensitive observer of real life
A straight-forward, compassionate, keenly sensitive observer of real life – James Lasdun * Guardian *A story of exile and redemption, beautifully written – Kate Saunders * The Times *[Mengestu has] pulled off a narrative sleight of hand, weaving two - or is it three? - beautiful fictions, while reminding us subtly that the most seductive may be the least true * Los Angeles Times *How To Read the Air is deeply thought out, deliberate in its craftsmanship and in many parts beautifully written…remarkably talented – Miguel Syjuco * The Scotsman *Challenging – Peter Carty * Independent *Mengestu’s finely written novel, his second, tackles family, the break-up of a marriage and the reinvention of a past… Finely written novel * Sunday Times *It is a measure of the novel’s ultimate success that the narrative has real drive, and also reminds us that fiction really does matter – Christopher Potter * Sunday Times, Culture *There’s no denying its emotional heft * Sunday Business Post *
About The Author
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.
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