TY - SER
KW - veterans
KW - Josh Gibson (1911-47)
KW - John Africa (1931-85)
KW - photographers
KW - Homestead Grays
KW - Black Americans
KW - Protestants
KW - James Thomas 'Cool Papa' Bell (1903-91)
AU - John Edgar Wideman
AB - Kassima is in mourning for her husband, who died of AIDS in prison, and two sons who died of gang violence. When Kassima falls for Robert Jones, she fears losing him to the streets as well. Kassima’s tenant, Martin Mallory—an eccentric, unwell, World War II veteran, and amateur photographer—provides commentary on Kassima’s affair with Robert, as well as memories of the War and the MOVE founder John Africa. “A somber, eloquent meditation on isolation and violence,” says <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>.
C1 - 1990s
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Homewood; Homewood AME Zion Church; Homewood Branch of Carnegie Public Library; Hill District; Point Breeze; Westinghouse Park; Highland Park; Highland Park Reservoir; Pittsburgh Zoo; South Park
C4 - Literary; Black; Psychological
CY - Boston
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Kassima is in mourning for her husband, who died of AIDS in prison, and two sons who died of gang violence. When Kassima falls for Robert Jones, she fears losing him to the streets as well. Kassima’s tenant, Martin Mallory—an eccentric, unwell, World War II veteran, and amateur photographer—provides commentary on Kassima’s affair with Robert, as well as memories of the War and the MOVE founder John Africa. “A somber, eloquent meditation on isolation and violence,” says <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>.
PB - Houghton Mifflin
PP - Boston
PY - 1998
RN - John Edgar Wideman (1941- ), raised in Pittsburgh's Homewood and Shadyside neighborhoods, graduated from Liberty Elementary and Peabody High School. A star basketball player, he was all-Ivy League at the University of Pennsylvania before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. At the Iowa Writers' Workshop he earned a MFA. Wideman is the winner of many literary awards and a professor at Brown University.
EP - 242 p.
TI - Two Cities
ER -