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Damballah (Homewood Trilogy) (Paperback)

by John Edgar Wideman (Author) "ORION let the dead, gray cloth slide down his legs and stepped into the river..." (more)
Key Phrases: caterpillar story, nigger gal, John French, Cassina Way, Reba Love Jackson (more...)
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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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Product Details
  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books; 1 edition (July 6, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395897971
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395897973
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #233,966 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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