Quote by: Dinaw Mengestu

There are those who wake up each morning to conquer the day, and then there are those of us who wake up only because we have to. We live in the shadow of every neighborhood. We own little corner stores, live in run-down apartments that get too little light, and walk the same streets day after day. We spend our afternoons gazing lazily out of windows. Somnambulists, all of us. Someone else said it better: we wake to sleep and sleep to wake.


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Author Bio


  • NameDinaw Mengestu
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • Born1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist
  • AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program