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How to Read the Air

by Dinaw Mengestu

How to Read the Air

by Dinaw Mengestu

Jonas Woldemariam embarks on a poignant journey to understand his heritage and identity. Struggling with the aftermath of his father Yosef's death and the collapse of his own marriage, he leaves New York to retrace his Ethiopian immigrant parents' honeymoon route to Nashville. Through a landscape of memories and imagination, Jonas seeks to piece together his family's history, from the struggles of life in war-torn Ethiopia to the complexities of adapting to life in America. 'How to Read the Air' is a tale of the search for belonging, weaving a narrative thread that binds the generational saga of love, loss, and the immigrant experience with the hope of redemption and self-discovery.

  • Fiction
  • Cultural
  • Family
  • Immigrant
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