Philadelphia Fire
by John Edgar Wideman
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Editions of Philadelphia Fire
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Mariner Books |
Date 2005 |
Price $1.00 |
 Like New |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Henry Holt & Co |
Date 1990 |
Price $1.00 |
Used, Good |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1991 |
Price $1.00 |
Used, Very Good |
Publisher Notes
Based on the 1985 bombing by police of a West Philadelphia row house owned by the Afrocentric cult Move, it tells of Cudjoe, a writer who returns to his neighborhood after a self-imposed exile, obsessed with finding the lone boy who ran from the flames.
Media Reviews
"Few pages of prose carry as much pain as do Wideman's thoughts on his son, his words to him in prison, his feelings of confusion as a father.... [This is a book] about a person, and a nation, losing its grip, destroying the very differences and dissonance that provide spirit, beauty, life."
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