Dinaw Mengestu

Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.

Books in the world atlas

All Our Names
A friendship in war-torn Uganda and a romance in America expose the uncertainty of immigrant identity.
In the atlas: Ethiopia
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
An Ethiopian immigrant shopkeeper in Washington seeks connection in a rapidly changing neighbourhood.
In the atlas: Ethiopia
Someone Like Us
The son of Ethiopian immigrants uncovers his family’s hidden past.
In the atlas: Ethiopia
How to Read the Air
A man retraces his parents’ American journey while trying to understand his own marriage.
In the atlas: Ethiopia