Ethiopia flag Contemporary fiction books from Ethiopia

Recommended contemporary fiction books (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Ethiopia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

1.

The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Ethiopia flag Ethiopia
Description:
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

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Ethiopia flag Ethiopia
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"--