Publisher's Synopsis
Two Cities is a love story. Kassima is a young widow mourning her husband and sons. She allows no one to get close to her, until she embarks on a passionate affair with a gentle man named Robert Jones, who yearns to break through the barriers she has erected. When her life is threatened by violence, Kassima retreats. But the two are reunited by the death of Kassima's tenant, Mr Mallory, an eccentric who roamed the streets with an ancient camera. He leaves behind an astounding legacy: a box of photographs that document half a century of African-American history. At a moment of explosive neighbourhood confrontation, the photographs provide Kassima with an unexpected means of healing her community and herself.
'[America's] leading black male writer . . . and one of our finest writers, period' New Republic
'Not merely a practitioner of storytelling: he is one of those rare writers capable of reinventing the form and making it his own' New York Times
'His accomplishments feel blessed with careful confidence and grace' Boston Globe
'Very few writers have Wideman's gifts and range. His artistic courage is rare these days' Philadelphia Enquirer
