The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.(Critical essay)(Brief article)

Publication: The New Yorker

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Set mostly in a shabby storefront in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood undergoing the first stages of gentrification, this searing novel is narrated by Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian forced to flee his native country because of his involvement in student activism. Sepha passes the time watching his income slow to...

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