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At Harvard University in 1995 an Ethiopian student, Sinedu Tadesse, stabbed her Vietnamese room-mate 45 times before hanging herself. Melanie Thernstrom investigated the story for "The New Yorker", but the Harvard authorities declined to co-operate. She discovered that the victim, who was sociable and popular, had just before her death asked to be roomed with a different student for her final year. Tadesse, in common with most Ethiopians, was extremely reserved by western standards and had become increasingly troubled by depression and personality problems. Thernstrom visited Ethiopia to try to unravel these problems and talked to Tadesse's family and former school friends about possible motives. This book presents an account of her investigations of the case.
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'A complex and mature work of true crime' -- Publishers Weekly
'A meticulous account of the tragedy in a gracefully written and moving book...' -- WALL STREET JOURNAL
About the Author
Melanie Thernstrom graduated from Harvard University in 1987 and has taught writing at Cornell, Harvard, and Boston University. Her journalism has appeared in the New Yorker. She lives in New York City.
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- PublisherVirago Press Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1860495567
- ISBN 13 9781860495564
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder (A Virago V)
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. At Harvard University in 1995 an Ethiopian student, Sinedu Tadesse, stabbed her Vietnamese room-mate 45 times before hanging herself. Melanie Thernstrom investigated the story for "The New Yorker", but the Harvard authorities declined to co-operate. She discovered that the victim, who was sociable and popular, had just before her death asked to be roomed with a different student for her final year. Tadesse, in common with most Ethiopians, was extremely reserved by western standards and had become increasingly troubled by depression and personality problems. Thernstrom visited Ethiopia to try to unravel these problems and talked to Tadesse's family and former school friends about possible motives. This book presents an account of her investigations of the case. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003997203
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