Wideman, John Edgar

New York. 1990. Penguin Books. Paperback Reprint. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140143475. 163 pages. paperback. Cover: Tad Hills. keywords: Literature America Black. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Two joggers are seduced into a young woman's erotic fantasy: an English professor deconstructs his life: a blind basketball player becomes a polestar to a lost soul abandoned by his lover: an elderly Jew tries to make contact with the old black woman who has cleaned for him for half a lifetime: strikingly varied, by turns subtle and intense, razor-sharp, disturbing, and elusive, the stories in this collection are connected by themes of memory and loss, by the interplay of reality and fabrication, and by a richness of language that dances upon its carefully crafted foundation. Together they demonstrate beyond doubt that John Edgar Wideman is a masterly writer at the height of considerable powers. Described by The New York Times as ‘one of America's' premier writers of fiction. inventory #31997 ISBN: 0140143475.