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The Cattle Killing - by John Edgar Wideman (Paperback)

The Cattle Killing - by  John Edgar Wideman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In plague-ridden 18th-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher's search for an endangered African woman plunges them both into the spiraling nightmare of a society splitting itself into white and black.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Captivating Language and emotion The San Francisco Chronicle <p/>Fiercely beutiful and deeply affecting Vanity Fair<br>

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