The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

E802317

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears is a novel by Dinaw Mengestu that follows an Ethiopian immigrant running a failing grocery store in Washington, D.C., exploring themes of exile, gentrification, and the immigrant experience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
alternateTitleUsedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
author Dinaw Mengestu ⓘ
centralTheme displacement ⓘ
exile ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
gentrification ⓘ
immigrant experience ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtMedium print ⓘ
debutWorkOf Dinaw Mengestu ⓘ
depictsCommunity African diaspora in the United States ⓘ
depictsProcess urban gentrification ⓘ
featuresCharacter Joseph ⓘ
Judith ⓘ
Kenneth ⓘ
Naomi ⓘ
genre immigrant literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle Children of the Revolution ⓘ
hasISBN 978-1-59448-940-5 ⓘ
hasPageCount 240 ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Sepha Stephanos ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor exploration of postcolonial identity ⓘ
portrayal of African immigrant life in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint Riverhead Books ⓘ
protagonistOccupation grocery store owner ⓘ
protagonistOrigin Ethiopia ⓘ
publicationYear 2007 ⓘ
publisher Riverhead Books ⓘ
settingCountry United States ⓘ
settingLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian literature → notableWork → The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears ⓘ
Dinaw Mengestu → notableWork → The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears ⓘ