Two Cities (novel)
Appearance
OCLC 39045168 | | |
Preceded by | The Cattle Killing | |
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Followed by | God's Gym |
Two Cities is a novel by the American writer John Edgar Wideman set in the Pennsylvania cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia during the 1990s.
The novel tells the story of Kassima, a widow in mourning for her husband and two sons who died in the streets of Pittsburgh. Martin Mallory is Kassima's tenant, a photographer whose works depict the 50-year history of life in the African American neighborhoods of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Sources
Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2005.