Resultados para "The Heaven" en Política

Ethiopian émigré Dinaw Mengestu is a skilled observer of people who offers a colorful debut work of fiction. Insightful and swiftly paced, this novel evokes past and present in the course of its compelling narrative. It's the `70s, and one D.C. neighborhood is undergoing big changes. In the mix is Ethiopian grocery owner Sepha Stephanos - a man with a complex past who fled his homeland after seeing his father brutalized by themilitary. He hopes for new prospects in D.C.'s gentrification process.

"Eroi" ai fostului regim politic, "oamenii muncii" ce locuiesc intr-o mahala a unui oras de provincie sint acum "balastul" noii ordini, pensionari sau someri. Azvirliti de istorie la periferia lumii, isi petrec timpul in aburi de alcool si zumzet de palavre. Pe masura ce personajele se adincesc in discutii, realitatea lasa locul unei lumi formate din amintiri distorsionate, nostalgii, fantasme, frustrari, stereotipuri, proiecte si fantezii excentrice.

It is 1993, and 18-year-old Hanzilah is visiting his family in Kashmir. There is a strong summer breeze fluttering through the lush emerald valleys of Kashmir and the Himalayan Mountains. The early dawn is approaching. It is the eerie calm before a withering horror. It begins; a bomb shatters Hanzilah’s village. The bombing is incessant and continuous. Little does he know, but his life has forever changed. When it ends, he finds only death, destruction, and his childhood love slowly dying from her injuries on a makeshift bed in a makeshift hospital.