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A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

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SKU 9781838858919 Categories Fiction Short Stories, Products

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A poignant and compelling collection of short stories about those whose lives have been marked by the risk of displacement, from the winner of the AKO Caine Prize

WINNER OF THE HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYA...

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Product ID:	9781838858919
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times
Authors:	Author: Meron Hadero
Page Count:	224
Subjects:	Short stories, Short stories
Description:	Select Guide Rating A poignant and compelling collection of short stories about those whose lives have been marked by the risk of displacement, from the winner of the AKO Caine Prize WINNER OF THE HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DIASPORA AFRICAN LITERARY AWARD 2023 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION 2023 FINALIST FOR THE CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE 2023 ''Witty and wistful, complex and heartbreaking'' Brit Bennett An enterprising young man on the verge of losing his home in Addis Ababa pursues an improbable opportunity to turn his life around. A woman visiting her country of origin for the first time finds that an ordinary object opens up an unexpected, complex bridge between worlds. An intergenerational friendship forms between two refugees living in Iowa who have connections to Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kaleidoscopic, powerful and illuminative, the stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times expand our understanding of the essential and universal need for connection and the vital refuge of home.
Imprint Name:	Canongate Books
Publisher Name:	Canongate Books
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-12-01

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Weight	238 g
Dimensions	136 × 213 × 23 mm

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