Slaveroad Fiction_Gift_Guide his ascent of Mount Purgatory

his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love

fatherless and husbandless

from those with higher support needs

Then he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly's Deli-and worse

he transforms the way we understand the world within

Slaveroad Fiction_Gift_Guide his ascent of Mount PurgatoryMaster of language (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the slaveroad, offering a fresh perspective of slaverys impact and a confirmation of Widemans exalted status in American letters (New York magazine). John Edgar Widemans Slaveroad is a groundbreaking work of bruising candor and obsessive originality (The Wall Street Journal). For centuries, the buying and selling of human beings