Häftad, Engelska, 2018
Philadelphia Fire
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Beskrivning
In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel.At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighbourhood and who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event, a young boy seen running from the flames.One of Wideman's most ambitious and celebrated works, Philadelphia Fire is about race, life and survival in urban America.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2018-05-03
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
- Vikt: 191 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Canons
- Antal sidor: 256
- Förlag: Canongate Books
- ISBN: 9781786892034
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John Edgar Wideman's books include Writing to Save a Life, American Histories, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Roots and Sent for You Yesterday. He is a MacArthur Fellow and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. In 2017, he won the the Prix Femina Étranger for Writing to Save a Life. He divides his time between New York and France.
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A passionate, angry and formally fascinating novel of urban disintegration
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