This collection of interrelated stories spans the history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. With stunning lyricism, Wideman sings of "dead children in garbage cans, of gospel and basketball, of lost gods and dead fathers" (John Leonard). It is a celebration of people who, in the face of crisis, uphold one another--with grace, courage, and dignity.
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This short story collection and novel, respectively, both published in 1981, are the second and third volumes in the author's Homewood trilogy. Damballah contains a dozen stories spanning many years in a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. Hiding Place shares the same setting.
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"A novelist of high seriousness and dept . . . enormous care and intelligence." The New York Times
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JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, and most recently the story collection God's Gym. He is the recipient of two PEN/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award. He teaches at Brown University.
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Contains Some of Wideman's Best Short Stories,
This review is from: Damballah (Homewood Trilogy) (Paperback)
Even if you don't read the rest of the Homewood Books, this collection stands up strong on its own. Stories such as "Damballah," "Daddy Garbage," and "The Caterpillar Story" are engaging although they are only a few pages long. The stoies are diverse, but they fit together to form an understanding of how a community survives through poverty and alienation. Some of the best stories in this collection are the touching "Daddy Garbage," the spirited "Love Songs of Reba Love Jackson," and the realistic "Rashad."
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ORION let the dead, gray cloth slide down his legs and stepped into the river. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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John French, Cassina Way, Reba Love Jackson, Daddy Garbage, Homewood Avenue, Sybela Owens, Charlie Bell, Aunt Aida, Aunt May, Albert Wilkes, Aunt Lissy, Bruston Hill, Bucket of Blood, Aunt Bess, Precious Jackson, Freeda French, Lemuel Strayhorn, Precious Pearl Jackson, Allegheny River Boulevard, Daddy John, Doo Wah Diddy, Westinghouse Park, Young People's Gospel Chorus New!
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ORION let the dead, gray cloth slide down his legs and stepped into the river. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caterpillar story, nigger gal Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John French, Cassina Way, Reba Love Jackson, Daddy Garbage, Homewood Avenue, Sybela Owens, Charlie Bell, Aunt Aida, Aunt May, Albert Wilkes, Aunt Lissy, Bruston Hill, Bucket of Blood, Aunt Bess, Precious Jackson, Freeda French, Lemuel Strayhorn, Precious Pearl Jackson, Allegheny River Boulevard, Daddy John, Doo Wah Diddy, Westinghouse Park, Young People's Gospel Chorus New!
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- Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir by John Edgar Wideman in Front Matter
- Sent for You Yesterday by John Edgar Wideman in Front Matter
- Hiding Place (Homewood Trilogy) by John Edgar Wideman in Front Matter
- Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti by Maya Deren in Front Matter
- Billy the Kid (Heroes & Villains of the Wild West) by John Hamilton on page 160
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