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Two Cities (novel)

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Two Cities
First edition
AuthorJohn Edgar Wideman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
1998
Publication place USA
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages256
ISBN0-395-85730-9
OCLC39045168
Preceded byThe Cattle Killing 
Followed byGod'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

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Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2005.