The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bear..., Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bear..., Dinaw Mengestu
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The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears

Author: Dinaw Mengestu

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/03/2008


Synopsis

Ethiopian EmigrE author Dinaw Mengestu is a skilled observer of people who earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly for this colorful debut. Insightful and swiftly paced, this novel evokes past and present in the course of its compelling narrative. It's the '70s, and one D.C. neighborhood is undergoing big changes. In the mix is Ethiopian grocery owner Sepha Stephanos-a man with a complex past who fled his homeland after seeing his father brutalized.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on April 20, 2008

This is a magnificently simple book. Deceptively simple, like the Old Man and the Sea, in that you breeze through it and think "nice story" but when you pause for one moment and think about it, you realize that it is so much more than a nice story. A blend of the political uncertainties and accompany......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 16, 2010

Big disappointment. This is all about an Ethiopian refugee who's now been in Washington DC for 17 years and runs a grocery store in a poor neighbourhood. Now the author must know whereof he speaks, but I could hardly believe the picture he painted. In 17 years, we are to understand that Sepha, our i......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka on August 17, 2023

He fled the revolution In Ethiopia and came to America, To a neighborhood in Washington DC where he opened up a grocery store. This was a quiet story, or so it seemed. But it could have Ben because the narrator had a soft voice, a masculine soft voice. And this added to the beauty of the story. He was......more

Goodreads review by Emma on July 23, 2008

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears was the July selection for my book club, but I almost didn't read it because I knew I wouldn't be able to make the actual meeting. But, I decided to read it anyway and I'm glad I did. My expectations going in may have shaped my feelings about the book. I knew......more

Goodreads review by Rashida on December 18, 2010

It came down to two things for me: The narrator and the location. The narrator's voice is haunting and sweet. Tinged with sadness and hope, that at times made it difficult to bear. But it propelled me on, hoping to see this kind and pitiful man receive some happiness, some lasting beauty in his life......more