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Mar 08, 2014 from uganda to the midwest, all our names draws portraits of love dinaw mengestu is known for writing about the immigrant experience, but his latest novel takes a slightly different tack. Teju cole every day is for the thief with dinaw mengestu. The device of braiding past ethiopia and present washington that he used in his first novel also recurs in all our names, this time with only. All three of dinaw mengestus novels are about people who, for various reasons, come to this country and fashion new lives. Dinaw mengestu embraces the vastness of love and war. All our names by dinaw mengestu books hachette australia.
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