Contemporary fiction books set in Ethiopia (2)
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1.
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu EN
EthiopiaDescription:
Seventeen years after fleeing the Ethiopian revolution, Sepha Stephanos runs a grocery store in a poor African-American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., where he reflects on his past and the differences between his prospects and the life he imagined.
2.
The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat EN
Description:
"A tragicomic family saga set in a small Ethiopian town following the 1974 socialist revolution, told from the perspective of the youngest daughter of a large, formerly land-owning family, who contends with bullies, poverty, and a dictatorship with humor and a refusal to be silenced"--