false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171667640m/113091.jpg 113091 21 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. <br><br>On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly. Dancing back and forth in time and braiding the viewpoints of Jay's wife, brother, and young son, Rufus, Agee creates an overwhelmingly powerful novel of innocence, tenderness, and loss that should be read aloud for the sheer music of its prose.<br><br>"An utterly individual and original book...one of the most deeply worked out expressions of human feeling that I have ever read."--Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review<br><br>"It is, in the full sense, poetry....The language of the book, at once luminous and discreet...remains in the mind."--New Republic<br><br>"People I know who read <b>A Death in the Family</b> forty years ago still talk about it. So do I. It is a great book, and I'm happy to see it done anew."--Andre Dubus, author of <i>Dancing After Hours</i> and <i>Meditations From A Moveable Chair</i> 2115367 book 1938 A Death in the Family total:1207|5:419|4:418|3:268|2:78|1:24| 1207 4751 2160 185 5 5 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 10:23:11 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 15:36:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 20:26:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 15:09:14 -0700 2008 It's on a list of the 101 best novels since 1923 http://www.time.com/time/2005/... that I haven't studied yet, but think it may sit better with me than the 1001 previously discussed.

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