{"product_id":"the-cattle-killing-9780395877500","title":"The Cattle Killing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn plague-ridden eighteenth-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher searches for a mysterious, endangered African woman. His struggle to find her and save them both plummets them both into the nightmare of a society violently splitting itself into white and black. Spiraling outward from the core image of a cattle killing--the Xhosa people's ritual destruction of their herd in a vain attempt to resist European domination--the novel expands its narrator's search for meaning and love into the America, Europe and South Africa of yesterday and today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWideman, John Edgar:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBrothers and Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eGod's Gym\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of two PEN\/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616695456018,"sku":"9780395877500","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10381087-cd16-4fd7-bce6-150d0b1200f0.jpg?v=1732508904","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cattle-killing-9780395877500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}