GOD'S GYM

by Wideman, John Edgar

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2005 . Wideman, John Edgar. GOD'S GYM. NY: Mariner Books, c2005. First printing. 175pp. 8vo. New trade softcover copy $10.00

Book summary

In these 10 stories, John Edgar Wideman writes feelingly about characters who must make their way through a difficult world. "What We Cannot Speak of We Must Pass Over in Silence" centers on a life imprisonment, "Sightings" is about a man reflecting on suicide, "The Silence of Thelonious Monk" gives us Verlaine and Rimbaud engaging in a gunfight, and "Are Dreams Faster Than the Speed of Light" features a man who is terminally ill. The author, however, never gives up on his characters--and they never give up on their lives. Wideman continues to burnish the reputation he has gained as an award-winning writer with a hugely sympathetic viewpoint.