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BABEL IN A BAG : The beautiful things that heaven bears

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BABEL IN A BAG : The beautiful things that heaven bears
Title:
BABEL IN A BAG : The beautiful things that heaven bears
Author:
Mengestu, Dinaw, 1978-
Personal Author:
Mengestu, Dinaw, 1978-
Edition:
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.

©2007
Physical Description:
10 books (228 pages.) ; 21 x 14 x 1 cm. + laminated sheets.
Series:
Babel in a bag.
Summary:
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.
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Contains 10 paperback copies of the book, along with author information, a reading guide, and disscusion questions.
Language:
English
Subject Term:
Ethiopians -- United States -- Fiction.

Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Format :
Book
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