{"product_id":"9780395877500","title":"The Cattle Killing","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cattle Killing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Edgar Wideman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating Language and emotion\" The San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fiercely beutiful and deeply affecting\" Vanity Fair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780395877500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41157067014350,"sku":"9780395877500","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780395877500_0ec63fd3-289b-4889-b71e-76880a4ac1d6.jpg?v=1652149565","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780395877500","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}