American Histories
by John Edgar Wideman
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Pub Date 3 May 2018 | Archive Date 3 May 2018
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Description
In this new short story collection, John Edgar Wideman takes the reader from the historical to the imaginary, the personal to the political, with a cast of real and fictional characters as diverse as Frederick Douglass, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Wideman's own family.
In one story Wideman imagines a conversation between white anti-slavery crusader John Brown and black abolitionist Frederick Douglass. In another story a man sits on the edge of the Williamsburg Bridge, considering whether to jump.
American Histories is an extended meditation on family, history and loss. Emotionally precise and intellectually stimulating, this is Wideman at his best.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781786892027 |
| PRICE | £15.99 (GBP) |
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