{"product_id":"cion-9780312427061","title":"Cion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Picador Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of Zakes Mda's beloved \u003ci\u003eWays of Dying, \u003c\/i\u003e Toloki, sets down with a family in Middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who were their ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToloki, the professional mourner, has come to live in America. Lured to Athens, Ohio, by an academic at the local university, Toloki makes friends with an angry young man he meets at a Halloween parade and soon falls in love with the young man's sister. Toloki endears himself to a local quilting group and his quilting provides a portal to the past, a story of two escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking their way north from Virginia with nothing but their mother's quilts for a map, the boys hope to find a promised land where blacks can live as free men. Their story alternates with Toloki's, as the two narratives cast a new light on America in the twenty-first century and on an undiscovered legacy of the Underground Railroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zakes Mda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312427061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2007 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 748\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZakes Mda\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of creative writing at Ohio University. He lives in Athens, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40262058377331,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6c1336c8-929c-433d-9704-f9b73fbd678f.jpg?v=1657634650","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/cion-9780312427061","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}