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A man and a woman each tell the story of their relationships with a mysterious man named Isaac in Dinaw Mengestu’s captivating third novel.Helen, a social worker from the American Midwest, is assigned to watch over Isaac, a young man from Africa with a past kept secret from her. Their relationship quickly turns into romance as she helps him establish his new life. Though a decade has passed since segregation was abolished, the couple must contend with the effects of making their relationship public, and Helen must either confront the possibility of an untenable future and accept the secrets between them or fight for something with Isaac that will last.In alternating chapters, Isaac recalls his life before meeting Helen. He has left his family and his small village behind to go to the university in the capital, where every student dreams of being a revolutionary and politics is the only subject worthy of study. Unlike the others, Isaac aspires to become a writer, though he is aware of the dangers of this profession. Many of the writers who attended a recent conference in the capital are jailed, missing, or dead. His dreams and the evidence of his poverty brand him as an outcast. As he tries to find his way, he forms a friendship with a charismatic outsider—who ultimately gives Isaac his name and a way out of violence-ridden Africa to a new life in the United States.All Our Names is about the search for belonging, the things we lose and the things we gain as we find our way, the powerful effects of the past, and the chances we take as part of the journey toward finding our true selves. In intertwining stories of love and exile, All Our Names illuminates the powerful and unexpected varieties of love it is possible to share with another, even when they cannot always be easily named.

Étudiants étrangers --- Noirs américains --- Travailleurs sociaux --- Identité (psychologie) --- Aliénation sociale --- Femmes --- Uganda --- Ouganda --- History

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Een Oegandese vluchteling (met een verleden) strijkt neer in de VS en wordt verliefd.

PXL-Central Office 2015 --- roman --- migratie

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