{"product_id":"hoop-roots-john-edgar-wideman-9780618257751","title":"Hoop Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003eA multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, John Edgar Wideman's Hoop Roots brings \"a touch of Proust to the blacktop\" (Time) as it tells of the author's love for a game he can no longer play. Beginning with the scruffy backlot playground he discovered in Pittsburgh some fifty years ago, Wideman works magical riffs that connect black music, language, culture, and sport. His voice modulates from nostalgic to outraged, from scholarly to streetwise, in describing the game that has sustained his passion throughout his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Edgar Wideman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0618257756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618257751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.53w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2003 pg. 28","brand":"John Edgar Wideman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994873626879,"sku":"9780618257751","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50cbc3b1-1393-42e5-814d-81706d72b7b6.jpg?v=1683332674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hoop-roots-john-edgar-wideman-9780618257751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}