The Virgin of Flames

by Chris Abani

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Set against the uncompromising landscape of East Los Angeles, this novel follows a struggling artist named Black, whose life and friendships reveal a world far removed from the mainstream.

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Chris Abani is an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside.

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Original publication date
2007

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
821.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesBritish Poetry1900-1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PR9387.9 .A23 .V57Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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English
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Paper, Ebook
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