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AmanpourWhat Liberal Carney's Win Means for CanadaIn a stunning turnaround, Canada’s Liberal party, under the new leadership of economist Mark Carney, has won re-election. Just a few months ago, the Conservative opposition were the favorite to win, but US President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canada's sovereignty reshaped the race. Andrew Coyne is a longtime journalist at Canada's The Globe and Mail and author of the new book, "The Crisis of Canadian Democracy."
Also on today's show: Haaretz Military Analyst Amos Harel; PEN America co-CEO Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf and novelist Dinaw Mengestu; former US Amassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink 2025-04-2958 min
Upstart CrowDinaw Mengestu - Someone Like UsDinaw Mengestu is the author of four novels—Someone Like Us (2024), All Our Names (2014), How to Read the Air (2010), and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007)— each of which was named a New York Times notable book. He was chosen as a MacArthur Fellow and has received a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, National Book Foundation 5-Under-35 Award, Guardian First-Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and he recently was chosen by the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center to deliver the 2025 Cheuse Lecture. His articles and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Harper’s, Gra...2025-04-1849 min
Poured OverDinaw Mengestu on SOMEONE LIKE US Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of the son of Ethiopian immigrants unraveling family history, connection and memory. Mengestu joins us to talk about the experiences that lead to his writing, diasporic communities, power in storytelling and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw 2024-08-0346 min
Your Favorite Stories, Now in Your Ears - Full AudiobookSomeone Like Us: A novel Audiobook by Dinaw MengestuListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 722129
Title: Someone Like Us: A novel
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Narrator: Junior Nyong'o
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:09:48
Language: English
Release date: 07-30-24
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Psychological
Summary:
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home.
After abandoning his once-promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush mee...2024-07-308h 09
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, PsychologicalSomeone Like Us: A novel by Dinaw MengestuPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722129to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Someone Like Us: A novel
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Narrator: Junior Nyong'o
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Release date: July 30, 2024
Genres: Psychological
Publisher's Summary:
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home. After abandoning his once-promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Hannah—a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him the p...2024-07-308h 09
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, PsychologicalSomeone Like Us: A novel by Dinaw MengestuPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Someone Like Us: A novel Author: Dinaw Mengestu Narrator: Junior Nyong'o Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Psychological Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past colored by unexpected loss, addiction, and the enduring emotional pull toward home. After abandoning his once-promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush meets Hannah—a photographer whose way of seeing the world shows him t...2024-07-3010 min
Fresh Air'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of CreativityChu takes his inspiration from his dad, a Chinese immigrant who worked both the front room and the kitchen of their family-run restaurant: "The guy that in the back of the kitchen, that was my hero." The director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights talks with Terry Gross about growing up in Silicon Valley, seeing Wicked for the first time, and learning to be adaptable. Maureen Corrigan reviews Dinaw Mengestu's new novel, Someone Like Us. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy2024-07-2445 min
Book Riot - The PodcastThe It Books of July 2024Jeff and Rebecca go through 10 contenders to pick the It Book of July.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks!Discussed in this episode:Find Other Book Riot Fans (Social Media Handle Exchange)The Book Riot Podcast PatreonThe Coin by Yasmin ZaherI Was...2024-07-0354 min
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events2008 Seattle Reads Main Event: An evening with Dinaw Mengestu2023-09-1500 minThe Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsDinaw Mengestu: 'How to Read the Air'2023-09-1500 minThe Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsDinaw Mengestu reads from 'All Our Names'A young man coming of age during an African revolution leaves behind his country and friends for America, where he pretends to be an exchange student, falls in love with a social worker and settles into small-town life. Yet he can't escape the secrets of his past, the acts he committed and the charismatic leader who led him to revolution and sacrificed all."All Our Names" is about identity, about the names we are given and the names we earn."Mengestu portrays the intersection of cultures experienced by the immigrant with unsettling perception... He evokes contrasting landscapes but focuses on...2023-09-1547 min
GLF LiveNarratives. Power. Africa.Consider the immensity of Africa’s powers – of its energy sources, rising generations of youth, biodiversity and landscapes, birthplaces of cultures and religions and philosophies. And now, consider the common narratives on Africa – that it’s impoverished, in conflict, drought- and famine-stricken, a country.Why is it that the way Africa is portrayed in global media and discourse is so different from the realities of its 54 nations? Why is it that it’s more common to hear about what its peoples need and lack than what they have and can bring to the table? How would it affect the...2022-09-0657 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinAuthor Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an AmericanMarcia Franklin talks with novelist Dinaw Mengestu about the themes of his books, which include All the Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and All Our Names. Mengestu, who emigrated from Ethiopia with his family when he was two, often writes about the lives of immigrants. He is the recipient of many honors, including the Guardian First Book Award and the MacArthur Fellowship. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/27/2015 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and...2022-02-2729 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinAuthor Dinaw Mengestu: Truth, Memory and What it Means to be an AmericanMarcia Franklin talks with novelist Dinaw Mengestu about the themes of his books, which include All the Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and All Our Names. Mengestu, who emigrated from Ethiopia with his family when he was two, often writes about the lives of immigrants. He is the recipient of many honors, including the Guardian First Book Award and the MacArthur Fellowship. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/27/2015 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Confer...2021-06-2729 min
Dear White WomenRemembering Toni MorrisonWhen’s the last time you had a Toni Morrison book read to you? Like, by Margaret Atwood, Tayari Jones (An American Marriage), Brit Bennett (The Vanishing Half), and more? We are beyond thrilled to highlight a fantastic event put on by Literacy Partners - a Thanksgiving weekend reading of Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, which is just as relevant now as it was back in 1977. Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at hello@dearwhitewomen.com How do you log in? Visit ticketing page: https://litpartners2020.org/toni-morrison/ Click GET TICKETS NOW...2020-11-2524 min
Habitación 101La vuelta al mundo en 80 libros¡Hola a todos! Me temo que el viaje llega a su fin. Hemos vivido muchas cosas este verano, pero ya es hora de hacer las maletas y coger un avión de regreso a casa. Nos llevamos, eso sí, grandes experiencias. Hemos visitado 43 países, en los cinco continentes, aunque hemos hablado de muchos más libros. De hecho, diría que hemos pasado ampliamente los 80 que prometí :pOs dejo un pequeño resumen de todas las paradas de nuestro viaje y, también, de países con los que ampliar la ruta si es que aún os habéis...2020-08-3114 min
Let Your Imagination Run Wild With Our Captivating Free AudiobookFamily Clause Audiobook by Jonas Hassen KhemiriListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 429785
Title: Family Clause
Author: Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Narrator: Oliver Hembrough
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:59:28
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-20
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction
Summary:
An addictive novel about contemporary parenthood and modern family life.
A beautiful study of familial need and mess...insightful till it hurts.' Nikita Lalwani
Bold and remarkable...full of heart and compassion.' Dinaw Mengestu
A grandfather returns home from abroad to visit his adult children. The son is a failure. The daughter is having a baby with...2020-07-169h 59
The PEN PodEpisode 32: Critically Engaging with the World with Dinaw MengestuOn this edition, we talk to novelist and PEN America trustee Dinaw Mengestu for how he's teaching writing amid the pandemic, and what we can learn from his work about uncertainty. Then our own Julie Trebault discusses the challenges facing artists amid a global crackdown against artistic expression.
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First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Dinaw MengestuDinaw Mengestu is the award-winning author All Our Names, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and How to Read the Air. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and of Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in fiction and the recipient of a 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation and a 20 Under 40 award from The New Yorker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-08-2634 min
WMFAGetting the Writing Done w. NATALIE GOLDBERG
Author photo by Mitsue Nagese.
Episode 28Natalie Goldberg is the author of over fourteen books, including the bestselling Writing Down the Bones, which has changed the way writing is taught. Her other books include Wild Mind, The Long Quiet Highway (both published by Bantam), and The Great Spring (Shambhala). She continues to lead workshops and retreats nationally and internationally, which she has done for over forty years. She has also painted for as long as she has written. She lives in northern New Mexico. Discussed In This EpisodeThe book that g...2018-06-1342 min
DetangledDetangled Episode 51 - April 10, 2017.UBER AS PUBLIC TRANSIT with Matt Elliott GIG ECONOMY with Sheila Block OPIOID EPIDEMIC with Nikhil Sharma Allison is reading All the Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu Vass is reading The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit TUNES: Different Now by Chastity Belt Hero by Sevdaliza Hello Lakisha by Kilo Kish2017-04-1157 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesSTEVE TOLTZ reads from his new novel QUICKSAND with ANTON MONSTEDQuicksand (Simon & Schuster)
A daring, brilliant new novel from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz, for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and David Foster Wallace: a fearlessly funny, outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends.
Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As Aldo's luck worsens, Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friend's exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love: his ex-wife, Stella. What beg...2016-01-2849 min
The Avid Reader ShowSunil Yapa author of Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist“Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist is a stunningly orchestrated, symphonic work of narrative power. This novel marshals all the vital forces of our existence—from the domestic to the political—and offers them to the reader with equal doses of compassion and beauty.” –Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our NamesThe Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs at 5PM EST on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com2016-01-1143 min
Littérature Sans Frontières • Fréquence TerreTous nos noms de Dinaw Mengestu (Albin Michel)« Littérature sans Frontières » est une chronique de Pierre Guelff.
Dans le bus qui l’emmenait de son village à la capitale où il devait suivre des cours, un jeune homme décida de renoncer aux treize noms que ses parents lui avaient donnés. Surnommé le « Professeur » par son ami Isaac, ce dernier partit aux États-Unis en tant qu’étudiant, fut chaperonné par Helen, assistante sociale. Son dossier n’indiquait guère de renseignements, sauf qu’il était né en Afrique. Elle le trouvait gentil, qu’il parlait l’anglais « vieux jeu », comme Charles Dickens, et elle en tomba follement amoureuse.2015-08-3001 min
Littérature Sans Frontières • Fréquence TerreTous nos noms de Dinaw Mengestu (Albin Michel)« Littérature sans Frontières » est une chronique de Pierre Guelff.
Dans le bus qui l’emmenait de son village à la capitale où il devait suivre des cours, un jeune homme décida de renoncer aux treize noms que ses parents lui avaient donnés. Surnommé le « Professeur » par son ami Isaac, ce dernier partit aux États-Unis en tant qu’étudiant, fut chaperonné par Helen, assistante sociale. Son dossier n’indiquait guère de renseignements, sauf qu’il était né en Afrique. Elle le trouvait gentil, qu’il parlait l’anglais « vieux jeu », comme Charles Dickens, et elle en tomba follement amoureuse.2015-08-3001 min
AWP PodcastJoshua Ferris and Dinaw Mengestu: A Reading and Conversation2015-08-121h 22
Listen Legally to Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & PanelsThalia Book Club: W. G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn Audiobook by W. G. SebaldListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Thalia Book Club: W. G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn
Author: W. G. Sebald
Narrator: Dinaw Mengestu, Rick Moody, Hari Kunzru, Denis O'Hare
Format: Original Recording
Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-28-15
Publisher: Symphony Space
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels
Publisher's Summary:
Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Dinaw Mengestu (All Our Names), and Hari Kunzru (Gods Without Men) lead a spirited conversation about Sebald's classic.
©2015 Symphony Space (P)2015 Symphony Space
Contact me for any questions: inforeq17@gmail.com2015-07-281h 07
First DraftFirst Cuts from First Draft - Dinaw MengestuDinaw Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. He is the recipient of a fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Lannan Literary Award, and received a "5 under 35" Award from the National Book Foundation. His first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, was named a New York Times Notable Book and awarded the Guardian First Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, among numerous other honors. His latest novel is called All Of Our Names.
More about First Draft at
aspenpublicradio.org/programs/first-draft2015-04-0606 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Dinaw MengestuDinaw Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. He is the recipient of a fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Lannan Literary Award, and received a "5 under 35" Award from the National Book Foundation. His first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, was named a New York Times Notable Book and awarded the Guardian First Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, among numerous other honors. His latest novel is called All Of Our Names.
More about First Draft at
aspenpublicradio.org/programs/first-draft2015-04-0629 min
Art Works PodcastDinaw MengestuIn All Our Names, Dinaw Mengestu explores unlikely love in the midst of conflict.2015-01-0928 min
PW InsiderPW Radio 98Interviews from the PW Radio archive, featuring Michael Paterniti and Dinaw Mengestu.2014-12-0500 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryDinaw Mengestu : All Our NamesAll Our Names is the story of two young men who come of age during an African revolution, drawn from the safe confines of the university campus into the intensifying clamor of the streets outside. But as the line between idealism and violence becomes increasingly blurred, the friends are driven apart—one into the deepest peril, as the movement gathers inexorable force, and the other into the safety of exile in the American Midwest. There, pretending to be an exchange student, he falls in love with a social worker and settles into small-town life. Yet this idyll is inescapably da...2014-07-3029 minArt Works PodcastDinaw MengestuThe author discusses the NEA Big Read selection, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian exile in a gentrifying Washington, DC neighborhood.2014-05-2928 min
PW InsiderPW Radio 67: Dinaw MengestuAuthor Dinaw Mengestu discusses his new novel, 'All Our Names.' Then PW reviews editor Annie Coreno dishes on celebrity books and Brien McDonald gives an exclusive preview of the upcoming BookCon.2014-04-2500 min
The Avid Reader ShowDinaw Mengestu author of All Our NamesFrom acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes an unforgettable love story about a searing affair between an American woman and an African man in 1970s America and an unflinching novel about the fragmentation of lives that straddle countries and histories. The Avid Reader show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. and hosted by WCHE AM 1520 every Monday at 5PM.www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com2014-04-2438 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryAll Our Names: Dinaw MengestuFrom the MacArthur Award-winning writer comes a subtle and quietly devastating new novel about love, exile, and the fragmentation of lives that straddle countries and histories. All Our Names is a tale of friendship between two young men who come of age during an African revolution and the emotional and physical boundaries that tear them apart—one drawn into peril, the other into the safety of the American Midwest. In this political novel, Mengestu presents a portrait of love and grace, of self-determination, of the names we are given and the names we earn.2014-03-281h 08
The Bat Segundo Show & Follow Your EarsDinaw Mengestu (BSS #539)MacArthur Fellow Dinaw Mengestu's novels have been needlessly categorized as "immigrant fiction" when his work is about so much more. On the publication of his third novel, ALL OUR NAMES, Mengestu unpacks these issues with us, discussing how journalism helped him to peer into revolutionary turmoil, writing about quiet African immigrants, the American perspectives that are often overlooked, the depths of emotional trauma, and contemporary fiction's relationship with the postcolonial.2014-03-2548 min
Listen and Let the Story Unfold With Full AudiobookAll Our Names Audiobook by Dinaw MengestuListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 208108
Title: All Our Names
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Narrator: Korey Jackson, Saskia Maarleveld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:29:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction
Summary:
From Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 Award, the New Yorker's 20 under 40 Award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes a novel about exile, about the loneliness and fragmentation of lives that straddle countries and histories. All Our Names is the story of a young man who comes of age during an African revolution...2014-03-068h 29Get New Releases Audiobooks in Fiction, LiteraryAll Our Names Audiobook by Dinaw MengestuListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: All Our Names
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Korey Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 70 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
From Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 Award, the New Yorker's 20 under 40 Award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes a novel about exile, about the loneliness and fragmentation of lives that straddle countries and histories. All Our Names is the story of a young man who comes of...2014-03-048h 26Skylight Books Podcast SeriesIsmet PrcicShards (Grove Press)
Debut novelist Ismet Prcic will read and sign Shards, based on his experiences leaving war-torn Bosnia.
"Ismet Prcic has taken apart the complexities of war, love, family and home and scattered them across a novel that is as heartbreaking as it is beautiful. Shards is an original work of art, brutal and honest, and absolutely unforgettable." --Dinaw Mengestu, author of How to Read the Air
"Ismet Prcic's prose is a gleaming pinball kept in inexhaustible play, kinetically suspended in time and space, endlessly flung away from its inevitable ending, colliding with memory and invention. This...2011-11-2947 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastDinaw MengestuWith his first novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Dinaw Mengestu made one of the most impressive literary debuts of recent years. Translated into more than a dozen languages, it garnered awards from around the world, including a "5 Under 35" award from the National Book Foundation.In How To Read the Air, Mengestu tells an even richer, more complex story of two generations of an African immigrant family and the America which they seek to make their home. Mengestu has drawn on his own background as an Ethiopian immigrant, as well as that of his family, to...2010-10-2940 min
The Dinner Party DownloadEpisode 67: Judd Apatow, Beer Tsunamis, and Conflict CuisineThis week: Comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow courts disaster… London’s suds flood… and Rico experiences the sweet taste of Conflict. Plus, a joke from author du jour Dinaw Mengestu and new music from Kiwi band Secret Knives.2010-10-2219 min
The Dinner Party DownloadEpisode 67: Judd Apatow, Beer Tsunamis, and Conflict CuisineThis week: Comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow courts disaster… London’s suds flood… and Rico experiences the sweet taste of Conflict. Plus, a joke from author du jour Dinaw Mengestu and new music from Kiwi band Secret Knives.2010-10-2200 min
Indulge Your Ears, Full Audiobook Erase All FearsMadonnas of Echo Park Audiobook by Brando SkyhorseListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 62126
Title: Madonnas of Echo Park
Author: Brando Skyhorse
Narrator: Alma Cuervo, Alyssa Bresnaham, Annie Henk, Florencia Lozano, Jonathan Davis, Luis Moreno, Robert Ramirez, Tony Chiroldes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-10
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General
Summary:
Reminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse’s “engaging storytelling” (Vanity Fair) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physic...2010-06-018h 00