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The Homewood trilogy

Title
The Homewood trilogy / John Edgar Wideman ; introduction by Dr. Leila Kamali.
Author
Wideman, John Edgar
Publication
New York : Scribner, 2023.

Details

Additional Authors
Kamali, Leila
Description
xx, 554 pages : genealogical table; 22 cm
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." --
Subject
  • African Americans > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Fiction
  • City and town life > Fiction
  • Noirs américains > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Vie urbaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Linked stories.
  • short stories.
  • Novels.
  • Nouvelles.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Damballah -- Hiding place -- Sent for you yesterday.
ISBN
  • 9781982148881
  • 1982148888
LCCN
2022513548
OCLC
YBP 2022513548
Author
Wideman, John Edgar, author.
Title
The Homewood trilogy / John Edgar Wideman ; introduction by Dr. Leila Kamali.
Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2023.
Edition
Scribner trade paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Kamali, Leila, writer of introduction.
Container of (work): Wideman, John Edgar. Damballah.
Container of (work): Wideman, John Edgar. Hiding place.
Container of (work): Wideman, John Edgar. Sent for you yesterday.
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