Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

A collection of quotes by Dinaw Mengestu.

Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian-American writer born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of two. Mengestu is known for his critically acclaimed novels, including "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," "How to Read the Air," and "All Our Names." His works often explore themes of identity, belonging, and displacement, drawing from his immigrant experience. Mengestu has received numerous awards and honors for his writing and is recognized as a significant voice in contemporary literature.

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real

The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might have. And so I never questioned Angela about that particular story, or about all the troubling things that it pointed to, content to believe that at least in this version things worked for her better than they did in the one I never heard.

Dinaw Mengestu

Truth