The Cattle Killing

The Cattle Killing - Paperback

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The Cattle Killing - Paperback

The Cattle Killing - Paperback

by John Edgar Wideman
$14.95
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by John Edgar Wideman (Author)

In plague-ridden eighteenth-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher searches for a mysterious, endangered African woman. His struggle to find her and save them both plummets them both into the nightmare of a society violently splitting itself into white and black. Spiraling outward from the core image of a cattle killing--the Xhosa people's ritual destruction of their herd in a vain attempt to resist European domination--the novel expands its narrator's search for meaning and love into the America, Europe and South Africa of yesterday and today.

Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 1997
Award: Boston Book Review (1997)
ISBN9780395877500
Author John Edgar Wideman
PublisherMariner Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman's books include, among others, Look for Me and I'll Be Gone, You Made Me Love You, American Histories, Writing to Save a Life, Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, Fatheralong, Hoop Roots, and Sent for You Yesterday. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. He is a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. He divides his time between New York and France.

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