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A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family
Author: James Agee
Forty years after its original publication, James Agee's last novel seems, more than ever, an American classic. For in his lyrical, sorrowful account of a man's death and its impact on his family, Agee painstakingly created a small world of domestic happiness and then showed how quickly and casually it could be destroyed. — On a sultry su...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553270112
ISBN-10: 0553270117
Publication Date: 1/1/1983
Pages: 318
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4.2 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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I've always loved reading and writing and hated literature classes. A Death in the Family was assigned in one of those classes and is the only book I remember. It is an amazing, thought-provoking and poignant classic.
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great book...trip of emotions


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