Description: In 1983, The Homewood Trilogy signaled the arrival of a major voice in American literature. Forty years later, this edition of the Trilogy celebrates Wideman's ongoing contribution by offering these masterworks to a new generation of readers.
Brief description: John Edgar Wideman's books include, among others, Languages of Home, Slaveroad, Look for Me and I'll Be Gone, You Made Me Love You, The Homewood Trilogy, American Histories, Writing to Save a Life, Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, 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.
Review Quotes: "[A] brilliant trio of books... Aptly described as an urban Black complement to Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha novels and a prose analogue to playwright August Wilson's Pittsburgh-set 'Century Cycle, ' this masterly, transformative work of remembrance is nothing short of a masterpiece." -Library Journal "A writer's writer." -The Chicago Tribune