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      Children of the Revolution

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      Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Sepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.C.

      Seventeen years after fleeing t...

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      Product ID:9780099502739
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Children of the Revolution
      Authors:Author: Dinaw Mengestu
      Page Count:240
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Sepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.C.

      Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father''s life, Sepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.C. Sepha spends his days in a sort of limbo: quietly running his grocery store into the ground, revisiting the Russian classics, and toasting the old days with his friends Kenneth and Joseph, themselves emigrants from Africa.

      But when a white woman named Judith moves next door with her only daughter, Naomi, Sepha''s life seems on the verge of change...


      Imprint Name:Vintage
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2008-05-22

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      Weight170 g
      Dimensions197 × 130 × 16 mm