Cion : a novel / Zakes Mda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mda, Zakes.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weepers (Mourners)--Fiction.

Weepers (Mourners).

South Africans--United States--Fiction.

South Africans.

Quilting--Fiction.

Quilting.

United States.

Ohio--Fiction.

Ohio.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 312 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Picador edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Picador, 2007.

Summary:

The hero of Mdas "Ways of Dying," Toloki, settles down with a family in middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who had been their ancestors. Their stories alternate with Tolokis, and the two narratives cast new light on an undiscovered legacy of the Underground Railroad.

Contents:

Of Saints and Pagans

Quiltales

Mediation

Ghost Trees

A Taliban in the House

White Slave

Ghost Orchids

Medium Man

Mother of All Mourning

Once More the Pagans - Without the Saints

Notes:

"A Picador Paperback Original"--Cover.

Design by Gregory P. Collins.

Cover design by Leeann Falciani. Cover illustration by Rudy Gutierrez.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has "Book Essence Club recommended read" printed on cover.

Banks Collection copy has book review from Book World laid in.

ISBN:

9780312427061

0312427069

OCLC:

145941967

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