Damballah - Hardcover

Wideman, John Edgar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0850315492 ISBN 13: 9780850315493

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 1984

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, and most recently the story collection God's Gym. He is the recipient of two PEN/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award. He teaches at Brown University.

From Library Journal:

This short story collection and novel, respectively, both published in 1981, are the second and third volumes in the author's Homewood trilogy. Damballah contains a dozen stories spanning many years in a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. Hiding Place shares the same setting.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0850315492
• ISBN 13: 9780850315493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208