A Death in the Family Paperback - 2008
by James Agee
The American classic-now availablefrom Penguin for the first time
Published in 1957, two years afterits author's death at the age of forty-five, A Deathin the Family remains a near-perfect work of art,an autobiographical novel that contains one ofthe most evocative depictions of loss and griefever written. As Jay Follet hurries back to hishome in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is killed in a caraccident-a tragedy that destroys not only a life,but also the domestic happiness and contentmentof a young family. A novel of great courage,lyric force, and powerful emotion, A Death in theFamily is a masterpiece of American literature.
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Published in 1957, two years after its author's death at the age of forty-five, A Death in the Family remains a near-perfect work of art, an autobiographical novel that contains one of the most evocative depictions of loss and grief ever written. As Jay Follet hurries back to his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is killed in a car accident-a tragedy that destroys not only a life, but also the domestic happiness and contentment of a young family. A novel of great courage, lyric force, and powerful emotion, A Death in the Family is a masterpiece of American literature.
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- Title A Death in the Family
- Author James Agee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 310
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date 2008-09-10
- ISBN 9780143115847 / 0143115847
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 940
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Boys
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
-Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review
" It is, in the full sense, poetry. . . . The language of the book, at once luminous and discreet . . . remains in the mind."
-The New Republic
" Brilliant, moving, and written with . . . objectivity and control. . . . It is wonderfully alive."
-The New Yorker
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