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prideandasparagus 's review for:
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
by Dinaw Mengestu
This book is beautiful and poignant, while still reading, as my lit. professor says, "like butter". Threaded through with imagery and parallels alluding to Dante's Divine Comedy, Mengestu offers one of the most objective views of the issue gentrification in literature, as well as delving into topics like race, the treatment of immigrants in the US, and the dissolution of the American Dream.