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A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

By (author) Meron Hadero





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WINNER OF THE HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING 2024 FICTION FINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DIASPORA AFRICAN LITERARY AWARD 2023 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION 2023 FINALIST FOR THE CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE 2023 'Witty and wistful, complex and heartbreaking' Brit Bennett An enterprising young man on the verge of losing his home in Addis Ababa pursues an improbable opportunity to turn his life around. A woman visiting her country of origin for the first time finds that an ordinary object opens up an unexpected, complex bridge between worlds. An intergenerational friendship forms between two refugees living in Iowa who have connections to Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kaleidoscopic, powerful and illuminative, the stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times expand our understanding of the essential and universal need for connection and the vital refuge of home.

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Publisher | Canongate Books
Published date | 1 Dec 2022
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Format | Digital (delivered electronically)
Pages | 224
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
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ISBN | 978-1-8388-5892-6
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BISAC | fiction / short stories (single author)


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