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The Homewood trilogy / John Edgar Wideman ; introduction by Dr. Leila Kamali.
Van Pelt Library PS3573.I26 H66 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wideman, John Edgar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Fiction.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- City and town life--Fiction.
- City and town life.
- Genre:
- Linked stories.
- short stories.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 554 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Damballah, Hiding Place, and Sent for You Yesterday provide a stunning introduction to the uncompromising work of John Edgar Wideman, whose literary achievements have inspired The New York Times to name him "one of America's premier writers of fiction." Damballah's narratives examine the vexed history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhood whose origins are rooted in a time when slavery was still legal in the United States of America. The novels Hiding Place and Sent for You Yesterday personalize and interrogate that history's presence in the contemporary lives of Homewood people and all Americans. Deeply concerned that designations such as "economically oppressed" or "Black" continue to dismiss and marginalize rather than embrace communities like the one in which he was raised, John Edgar Wideman--employing words on the page as his weapon--has dedicated himself to recording the weight, beauty, complexity, and justice that he believes Homewood's voices, stories, and lives have earned and deserve. In 1985, The Homewood Trilogy signaled the arrival of a major voice in American literature. Forty years later, this edition of the Trilogy celebrates Wideman's ongoing contribution by offering these masterworks to a new generation of readers." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Damballah
- Hiding place
- Sent for you yesterday.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Container of: Wideman, John Edgar. Damballah.
- Container of: Wideman, John Edgar. Hiding place.
- Container of: Wideman, John Edgar. Sent for you yesterday.
- ISBN:
- 9781982148881
- 1982148888
- OCLC:
- 1410394782
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