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Damballah

Damballah

by John Edgar Wideman

1981African American neighborhoodsAfrican AmericansFictionAfrican americans, fictionFiction, short stories (single author)
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First lines

ORION let the dead, gray cloth slide down his legs and stepped into the river.

Themes & subjects

African American neighborhoodsAfrican AmericansFictionAfrican americans, fictionFiction, short stories (single author)Pittsburgh (pa.), fiction
First published 1981

Setting

Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)Pa.) Homewood (PittsburghPittsburgh (Pa.)

Author

John Edgar Wideman

First published

1981

Pages

205

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

Avon

ISBN

9780805281743

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