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OverviewFrom 'one of America's premier writers of fiction' (New York Times) comes this novel inspired by the 1985 police bombing of a West Philadelphia row house. The bombing killed eleven people and started a fire that destroyed sixty other houses. At the centre of the story is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighborhood after spending a decade fleeing from his past, and his search for the lone survivor of the fire - a young boy who was seen running from the flames. One of the most ambitious and highly praised works of fiction, Philadelphia Fire is an impassioned, brutally honest journey through the despair and horror of life in urban America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Edgar WidemanPublisher: Canongate Books Imprint: Canongate Canons Edition: Main - Canons Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9781786892034ISBN 10: 1786892030 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 03 May 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsPhiladelphia Fire isn't a book you read so much as one you breathe * * San Francisco Chronicle * * Philadelphia Fire delivers its message with a careening momentum and astonishing precision . . . Wideman has made fire his own, and there are fire figures everywhere, illuminating us and driving us back with heat and smoky confusion * * Los Angeles Times * * A writer who belongs in our permanent library * * New York Times * * Wideman is one of the nation's literary treasures -- Junot Diaz Wideman's writing, like Toni Morrison's, is so pure and convincing that he can break the rules of classical storytelling, even invent some new ones * * Boston Globe * * In incantatory, lyrical, naturalistic and inventive prose, Wideman writes of sex and race and life in the city, with all the beauty, profane humour and literary complexity of Joyce writing about Dublin * * Publishers Weekly * * A tale of survival in which the author himself finds redemption in his art. With its dark and cynical humor, this metafiction will disturb as many readers as it dazzles * * Kirkus Reviews * * There is a very obvious reason why John Edgar Wideman is one of America's most celebrated authors: he is very good * * Washington Post * * A profound writer -- RICHARD FORD Wideman astonishes us . . . insisting on our attention by the very daring of his prose and the authority with which he proceeds * * Philadelphia Inquirer * * A passionate, angry and formally fascinating novel of urban disintegration * * New York Times * * Philadelphia Fire isn't a book you read so much as one you breathe * * San Francisco Chronicle * * A pyrotechnic display . . . Wideman's writing, like Toni Morrison's, is so pure and convincing that he can break the rules of classical storytelling, even invent some new ones * * Boston Globe * * Reminiscent of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man * * Time * * Philadelphia Fire delivers its message with a careening momentum and astonishing precision . . . Wideman has made fire his own, and there are fire figures everywhere, illuminating us and driving us back with heat and smoky confusion * * Los Angeles Times * * Wideman astonishes us . . . insisting on our attention by the very daring of his prose and the authority with which he proceeds * * Philadelphia Inquirer * * In incantatory, lyrical, naturalistic and inventive prose, Wideman writes of sex and race and life in the city, with all the beauty, profane humour and literary complexity of Joyce writing about Dublin * * Publishers Weekly * * A tale of survival in which the author himself finds redemption in his art. With its dark and cynical humor, this metafiction will disturb as many readers as it dazzles * * Kirkus Reviews * * There is a very obvious reason why John Edgar Wideman is one of America's most celebrated authors: he is very good * * Washington Post * * A profound writer -- RICHARD FORD Author InformationJohn Edgar Wideman's books include Writing to Save a Life, Philadelphia Fire, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Dreams, and Sent for You Yesterday. He is a MacArthur Fellow and has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and National Book Award. He divides his time between New York and France. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |