Two Cities
| Year of Publication |
1998
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
242 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
John Edgar Wideman |
| Publisher |
Houghton Mifflin
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| City |
Boston
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| Abstract |
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 Kirkus Reviews.
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| Author Biography |
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.
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| Time |
1990s
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