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Dinaw mengestu is the awardwinning author of two novels,the beautiful things that heaven bears and how to read the air. In this fashion, all our names resembles mengestus lyrical 2007 debut, the beautiful things that heaven bears, which told the tale of ethiopian men who wound up in washington, d. All our names is the story of a young man who comes of age during an african revolution, drawn from. African exchange student isaac falls in love with helen, the social worker facilitating his transition to midwestern america. His latest novel, all our names, is an unforgettable love story about a searing affair between an american woman and an african man in 1970s.
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