The Cattle Killing by John Edgar Wideman

The Cattle Killing

John Edgar Wideman

224 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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The Cattle Killing by John Edgar Wideman is a challenging and deeply reflective novel that will resonate with readers who appreciate historical fiction, philosophical explorations of identity, culture, and social justice, and are willing to immerse themselves in a rich and complex narrative that spans continents and centuries.

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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 splitt...

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