American Histories [electronic resource]
John Edgar Wideman2018
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In this new short story collection, John Edgar Wideman blends the historical and
the imaginary, the personal and the political, to invent complex, charged
stories about love, death and struggle. With a cast of real and fictional
characters as diverse as Frederick Douglass, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Wideman's
own family, it is a journey through the soul of America. In 'JB & FD' Wideman
imagines conversations between white anti-slavery crusader John Brown and
abolitionist Frederick Douglass. In 'Williamsburg Bridge' a man contemplates his
life as he sits on the edge of the bridge, meaning to jump. In 'Maps and
Ledgers' a brother and sister ponder their father's killing of another man. In
these and the other stories in this collection, Wideman navigates an
extraordinary range of subject and tone. He delivers individual narratives both
emotionally precise and intellectually stimulating, and an extended meditation
on family, history and loss. American Histories demonstrates a ma...
Main title:
American Histories [electronic resource] / John Edgar Wideman
Author:
John Edgar Wideman, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Canongate Books, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781786892072
Language:
English
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BRN:
435796
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