Death in the Family
by James Agee
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Jay Follet, the father of a family in Knoxville, goes to visit his ailing father, who has suffered a heart attack. On his return trip, he is killed in an auto accident. The remainder of the novel examines the reaction of his wife, his 4-year-old daughter, and especially his 6-year-old son as they prepare for a final farewell. This book was published posthumously in 1957, from Agee's unfinished manuscript.
Editions of Death in the Family
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Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover |
Publisher Center Point Pub |
Date 2000 |
Price $3.00 |
 Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Putnam Pub Group |
Date 1978 |
Price $274.50 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Astor-Honor Inc |
Date 1980 |
Price $1.43 |
Used, Good |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Bantam Books |
Date 1989 |
Price $1.00 |
Used, Good |
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Binding/Format Prebinding |
Publisher Bt Bound |
Date 1999 |
Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
The tragedy of Jay Follet's sudden death destroys his family's secure and loving world.
Media Reviews
"Although he was still working on the manuscript when he died, 'A Death in the Family' reads like a finished work--brilliant, moving, and written with an objectivity and a control he had not achieved before. The book jacket is, for once, accurate when it describes Agee as 'essentially a poet.' For this is really not a novel but a long poem on themes from childhood and family life....Admittedly, the book has its longueurs, and very long longueurs they are sometimes, but for the most part it is wonderfuly alive."
First Line
We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that Iived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.
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