
Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 334pp. Dust jacket lightly soiled and foxed along edges. Boards show mild wear to edges and spine slightly collapsed.
A touch of foxing to edges of text block; faint stain to endpapers; interior else unmarked; Very Good. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Kenan's second work of fiction is a series of interconnected, sometimes fantastical tales following the lives of residents of Tims Creek, a small town in North Carolina. Legions of the dead, escaped slaves, and a Yoruba chieftain fill out the cast of what the New York Times called nothing short of a wonder-book: one of those striking literary anomalies, in the tradition of Raintree County and The Country of the Pointed Firs, that are nearly as difficult to classify as they are enjoyable to read and reread. Subject: Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Fiction, First Editions, Signed. Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore located on historic Capitol Hill in Washington DC, with three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books. Note: Our online inventory is stored and managed at a separate location from at our brick and mortar shop. If you have a question about an item listed online, please send a direct message here rather than calling the store so that we can make sure someone familiar with the item in question can respond. Books described only as First Editions are First Printings unless otherwise specified. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.