The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears is a novel by Dinaw Mengestu that follows an Ethiopian immigrant running a failing grocery store in Washington, D.C., exploring themes of exile, gentrification, and the immigrant experience.

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instanceOf novel
alternateTitleUsedIn United Kingdom
author Dinaw Mengestu
centralTheme displacement
exile
friendship
gentrification
immigrant experience
loneliness
memory
race relations in the United States
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtMedium print
debutWorkOf Dinaw Mengestu
depictsCommunity African diaspora in the United States
depictsProcess urban gentrification
featuresCharacter Joseph
Judith
Kenneth
Naomi
genre immigrant literature
literary fiction
hasAlternateTitle Children of the Revolution
hasISBN 978-1-59448-940-5
hasPageCount 240
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
literaryStyle realism
mainCharacter Sepha Stephanos
narrativePerspective first-person narration
notableFor exploration of postcolonial identity
portrayal of African immigrant life in Washington, D.C.
originalLanguage English
originalPublisherImprint Riverhead Books
protagonistOccupation grocery store owner
protagonistOrigin Ethiopia
publicationYear 2007
publisher Riverhead Books
settingCountry United States
settingLocation Washington, D.C.
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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Ethiopian literature notableWork The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu notableWork The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears