How to Read the AirA "beautifully written"* (New York Times Book Review) novel of redemption by a prize-winning international literary star. From the acclaimed author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears comes a heartbreaking literary masterwork about love, family, and the power of imagination. Following the death of his father Yosef, Jonas Woldemariam feels compelled to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged him. Leaving behind his marriage and job in New York, he sets out to retrace his mother and father's honeymoon as young Ethiopian immigrants and weave together a family history that will take him from the war-torn country of his parents' youth to a brighter vision of his life in America today. In so doing, he crafts a story- real or invented-that holds the possibility of reconciliation and redemption. |
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Abrahim academy afternoon already America Angela apartment arrived asked began beginning believe better Bill boxes called claimed close coming completely corner course didn’t don’t door early everything expected eyes face fact fall father feel felt finally going gone hand happened hard head heard hold hundred husband imagine It’s Jonas knew later learned least leaving less light living looked minutes months morning mother moved needed never night once passed perhaps picture reason remember rest returned road seconds seemed side simply sitting slightly someone sometimes soon spent standing stayed stopped story street sure taken talk tell things thought told took town trees tried true trying turned waiting walked wanted weeks worry