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          Look For Me and I’ll Be Gone

          Look For Me and I’ll Be Gone

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          SKU 9781838855178 Categories ,
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          A stunning collection of all new stories from the twice winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - essential reading for understanding the state of America today

          ''This is truly inimitable storytelling'' Observer
          ''[A] master of language'' New York Times</...

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          Description

          Product ID:9781838855178
          Product Form:Paperback / softback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:Look For Me and I'll Be Gone
          Authors:Author: John Edgar Wideman
          Page Count:336
          Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories
          Description:Select Guide Rating
          A stunning collection of all new stories from the twice winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - essential reading for understanding the state of America today

          ''This is truly inimitable storytelling'' Observer
          ''[A] master of language'' New York Times

          A boy stands alone, unable to enter the room in which his grandfather''s coffin lies. Freddie Jackson''s song ''You Are My Lady'' plays on the car radio as a son is brought to a prison cell in Arizona. A narrator contemplates the Atlanta child murders from 1979.

          Look For Me and I''ll Be Gone is vital reading for anyone interested in the state of America today. Historical and contemporary, intimate and expansive, the stories here represent a pioneering writer whose innovation, form and imagination know no bounds.


          Imprint Name:Canongate Books
          Publisher Name:Canongate Books
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2022-11-03

          Additional information

          Weight240 g
          Dimensions129 × 197 × 28 mm