New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. First edition. Hardback. Good +/good. White hardcover first edition, in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. A good plus copy with rounding at the spine ends and sunning to the front edge of the text block. Binding solid and pages clean, without marking. Unclipped jacket is good only with wear at the edges and chipping at the folds - some ruffling to top of the front panel possibly a heat or water warp (book not affected). 305 pp., the author's second book.

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A "beautifully written"* ( New York Times Book Review ) novel of redemption by a prize-winning international literary star. From the acclaimed author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears comes a heartbreaking literary masterwork about love, family, and the power of imagination. Following the death of his father Yosef, Jonas Woldemariam feels compelled to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged him. Leaving behind his marriage and job in New York, he sets out to retrace his mother and father's honeymoon as young Ethiopian immigrants and weave together a family history that will take him from the war-torn country of his parents' youth to a brighter vision of his life in America today. In so doing, he crafts a story- real or invented-that holds the possibility of reconciliation and redemption.

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Bookseller: Tangible Tales (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 446
Title: How to Read the Air
Author: Mengestu, Dinaw
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1594487707
ISBN 13: 9781594487705
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: Fiction Literature Immigrants Immigration Ethiopian United States Novel Signed first Editions
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION / Literary;

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