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Cion by Zakes Mda (2007, Perfect)

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Authors : Mda, Zakes. Title : Cion.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPicador

ISBN-100312427069

ISBN-139780312427061

eBay Product ID (ePID)59072687

Product Key Features

Book TitleCion

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical

Publication Year2007

GenreFiction

AuthorZakes Mda

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-026169

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"A marvelous picaresque." -- The New York Times Book Review on Ways of Dying "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller." -- San Diego Union-Tribune on Ways of Dying, Praise for Ways of Dying & "A marvelous picaresque."-- The New York Times Book Review & "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."-- San Diego Union-Tribune, Praise for Ways of Dying : "A marvelous picaresque."-- The New York Times Book Review "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."-- San Diego Union-Tribune, Praise for "Ways of Dying" "A marvelous picaresque."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."--"San Diego Union-Tribune", Praise for Ways of Dying : "A marvelous picaresque."-- The New York Times Book Review "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."-- San Diego Union-Tribune, Praise for "Ways of Dying": "A marvelous picaresque."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."--"San Diego Union-Tribune", Praise forWays of Dying: "A marvelous picaresque."--The New York Times Book Review "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."--San Diego Union-Tribune, Praise for "Ways of Dying": "A marvelous picaresque."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Darkly comic and sadly poignant, Mda possesses the lyricism of a storyteller."--"San Diego Union-Tribune"

Dewey Decimal823/.914

SynopsisThe hero of Mdas "Ways of Dying," Toloki, settles down with a family in middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who had been their ancestors. Their stories alternate with Tolokis, and the two narratives cast new light on an undiscovered legacy of the Underground Railroad., A Picador Paperback Original The hero of Zakes Mda's beloved "Ways of Dying," Toloki, sets down with a family in Middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who were their ancestors. Toloki, the professional mourner, has come to live in America. Lured to Athens, Ohio, by an academic at the local university, Toloki makes friends with an angry young man he meets at a Halloween parade and soon falls in love with the young man's sister. Toloki endears himself to a local quilting group and his quilting provides a portal to the past, a story of two escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio. Making their way north from Virginia with nothing but their mother's quilts for a map, the boys hope to find a promised land where blacks can live as free men. Their story alternates with Toloki's, as the two narratives cast a new light on America in the twenty-first century and on an undiscovered legacy of the Underground Railroad., A Picador Paperback Original The hero of Zakes Mda's beloved Ways of Dying, Toloki, sets down with a family in Middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who were their ancestors. Toloki, the professional mourner, has come to live in America. Lured to Athens, Ohio, by an academic at the local university, Toloki makes friends with an angry young man he meets at a Halloween parade and soon falls in love with the young man's sister. Toloki endears himself to a local quilting group and his quilting provides a portal to the past, a story of two escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio. Making their way north from Virginia with nothing but their mother's quilts for a map, the boys hope to find a promised land where blacks can live as free men. Their story alternates with Toloki's, as the two narratives cast a new light on America in the twenty-first century and on an undiscovered legacy of the Underground Railroad.

LC Classification NumberPR9369.3.M4C56 2007