Due fratelli afroamericani, John Edgar e Robert, crescono insieme in un quartiere di Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, ma le loro vite prendono ben presto due direzioni diverse. Il 15 novembre 1975 Robert,...

Nel 1955 il quattordicenne Emmett Till lasciava la sua casa di Chicago per andare a far visita ai parenti in Mississippi. Sarebbe tornato alcune settimane dopo, cadavere: ucciso nel modo più barbaro perché,...

Le projet Fanon a poursuivi John Edgar Wideman des années durant : après avoir lu Les damnés de la terre, l’écrivain américain n’a eu de cesse de vouloir ressembler à son auteur, l’intellectuel et psychanalyste...

Trois romans, trois portraits de la vie dans le ghetto noir de Homewood, à Pittsburgh, dans lesquels John Edgar Wideman raconte les douleurs, les passions, les rêves et les souvenirs de cette communauté....

À l’âge de quatorze ans, John Edgar Wideman découvre dans la presse américaine une photo du visage mutilé d’Emmett Till. Tout comme Wideman, ce dernier est âgé de quatorze ans, et tout comme Wideman,...

"Ce livre, sa langue, ses mots, les voix qui le composent, sont nés de la tentative que j'ai faite de capter ce qui s'est amorcé entre mon frère et moi il y a quatre ans : le désir nous est venu de parler...

“A powerful assemblage of short stories exploring late-in-life angst through personal myth, cultural memory, and riffs on an empire scorched by its own hubris” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from award-winning...

A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one...

From “master of language” (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman, a reissue of the revered trilogy that launched his career—two novels and story collection all set in Wideman’s own hometown.Damballah,...

*A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of the Year* From John Edgar Wideman, a modern “master of language” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a stunning story collection that spans a range of topics...

A powerful and “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) selection of the best of John Edgar Wideman’s short stories over his fifty-year career, representing the wide range of his intellectual and...

One of John Wideman’s most ambitious and celebrated works, the lyrical masterpiece and PEN/Faulkner winner inspired by the 1985 police bombing of the West Philadelphia row house owned by black liberation...

“A rare triumph” (The New York Times Book Review), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American literature: a reflection...

Ce saisissant recueil entremêle avec justesse l’intime, l’historique et le politique. John Edgar Wideman ravive les souvenirs de l’Amérique, ses plaies ouvertes, le feu dévorant du deuil, de la violence...

Une visite rendue au frère de l’auteur en prison, la foule qui accueille Mandela au Cap lors de sa libération, un couple noir qui s’embrasse dans Manhattan, le génocide au Rwanda ou encore le mouvement...

Longlisted for the 2024 NBCC Award in Nonfiction Major literary figure and “master of language” (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational perspective to explore what he calls...