Damballah |
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Author:
| Wideman, John Edgar |
ISBN: | 978-0-395-89797-3 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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This collection of interrelated stories spans the history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. With stunning lyricism, Wideman sings of "dead children in garbage cans, of gospel and basketball, of lost gods and dead fathers" (John Leonard). It is a celebration of people who, in the face of crisis, uphold one another--with grace, courage, and dignity.
This collection of interrelated stories spans the history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. With stunning lyricism, Wideman sings of "dead children in garbage cans, of gospel and basketball, of lost gods and dead fathers" (John Leonard). It is a celebration of people who, in the face of crisis, uphold one another--with grace, courage, and dignity.